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House Construction Boom in Kerala Impact on Economy and Society

Since the mid-seventies house construction activity in Kerala has taken a sudden upturn. The present paper analyses the impact of this boom on factor and material markets, employment, skill-mix and technology. The author argues that the boom failed to provide any growth stimulus to the state's...

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书目详细资料
主要作者: G Gopikuttan
格式: Printed Book
出版: Economic and Political Weekly September 15, 1990 1990
在线阅读:http://10.26.1.76/ks/003853.pdf
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总结:Since the mid-seventies house construction activity in Kerala has taken a sudden upturn. The present paper analyses the impact of this boom on factor and material markets, employment, skill-mix and technology. The author argues that the boom failed to provide any growth stimulus to the state's economy and to satisfy the shelter needs of the poorer sections due to lack of effective public policy to monitor capital flows into housing and related activities. The paper advocates the formulation of a housing policy along with clear-cut programmes for their implementation which are integrated with the general planning process