In Simple Words
High turnover in low-tech factories acts like a leaky bucket, where three out of four workers leave every year, forcing managers to continuously expend resources training entry-level replacements.
Research question
Low-tech manufacturing facilities in developing economies experience persistent annual workforce churn, driving up recruitment costs and destabilizing production efficiency.
Participants
N = 120,000 garment workers across production facilities operated by Shahi Exports in Bangalore, India.
Study Design
Enterprise-level observational dataset and baseline evaluation across industrial garment manufacturing lines.
Results
Low-tech manufacturing factories in low- and middle-income countries face turnover rates exceeding 75 percent annually.
Takeaway
Implement structured workplace support mechanisms targeting newly hired migrant operators to mitigate high annual attrition in low-tech manufacturing.
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Plain-English glossary
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- Baseline
The starting measurements in a study. Researchers use these to compare what participants were like at the start with what happens later.
ExampleBefore a training programme starts, researchers measure workers’ earnings. That first measurement is the baseline.
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