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embodiedLabor

Source: R/embodiedLabor.R
embodiedLabor.Rd

Calculates production-based and consumption-based (embodied) labor footprint accounting using bilateral trade flows. Employment (number of people) is allocated to traded products based on production ratios and bilateral trade patterns.

Usage

embodiedLabor(gdx, file = NULL, level = "reg", type = "all", bilateral = FALSE)

Arguments

gdx

GDX file

file

a file name the output should be written to using write.magpie

level

Level of regional aggregation; "reg" (regional), "glo" (global), "regglo" (regional and global) or any other aggregation level defined in superAggregate. Only used when bilateral=FALSE.

type

Type of accounting: "production" (production-based), "consumption" (consumption-based), "trade" (export, import, and net-trade), "all" (all five), or "flows" (bilateral flows, requires bilateral=TRUE)

bilateral

Logical; if TRUE, returns bilateral flows with dimensions (exporter.importer, year, product) instead of regional totals (default FALSE)

Value

Embodied employment as MAgPIE object (number of people). When bilateral=FALSE: dimensions are (region, year, accounting.product). When bilateral=TRUE: dimensions are (exporter.importer, year, product).

See also

agEmployment, trade, embodiedLand

Author

David M Chen

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  x <- embodiedLabor(gdx, type = "all")
  # Bilateral flows
  xBilat <- embodiedLabor(gdx, type = "flows", bilateral = TRUE)
} # }