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labour-intensive production

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labour-intensive production

Production where a large amount of labour is used relative to capital. For example, window-cleaning or brick-laying are labour-intensive jobs. Service industries tend to be far more labour-intensive than either primary or secondary industries.
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Drawing on the "flying geese" model of development, he indicates that Japanese direct foreign investment into China has and should build upon Japan's comparative advantage in research and development (R and D) as well as in capital-intensive production; China's own comparative advantage is in labour-intensive production.
JAPAN AND CHINA: Cooperation, Competition and Conflict by Edgington, David W. / Pacific Affairs
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