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Spurious flexibility: technical modernisation and social inequalities in the Brazilian footwear industry

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  • Prochnik V.

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Covers the period from 1975 to 1990 and gives projections to the year 2000. Focuses on two segments of the footwear industry: the production of women's leather footwear and sports footwear. The study is supplemented by an interview survey conducted in eight of the largest export firms.

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  • Prochnik V., 1992. "Spurious flexibility: technical modernisation and social inequalities in the Brazilian footwear industry," ILO Working Papers 992862503402676, International Labour Organization.
    • Handle: RePEc:ilo:ilowps:992862503402676
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