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Measuring the Impact of Cagayan de Oro Port Development

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  • Te, Amanda N.

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This study deals with transportation focusing on port development as an alternative route to deal with traffic problems. Results indicate that improvement in port facilities lead to favorable outcome such as efficiency in cargo handling and reduction in port traffic. Significant improvement has been found on income and trade balance. While evidences points to an increased port and ship productivity due to improved facilities, productivity of stevedores declined. The latter result coincides with the findings that there has been a decline on employment.

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  • Te, Amanda N., 1983. "Measuring the Impact of Cagayan de Oro Port Development," Working Papers ESIA-WID WP 1983-03, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:phd:wpaper:esia-wid_wp_1983-03
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    Cited by:

    1. Hong W. Tan, 1991. "Technical Change and Human Capital Acquisition in the U.S. and Japanese Labor Markets," NBER Chapters, in: Productivity Growth in Japan and the United States, pages 385-409, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Jeremy T. Fox, 2009. "Firm-Size Wage Gaps, Job Responsibility, and Hierarchical Matching," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 27(1), pages 83-126, January.

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