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This paper considers the appropriateness of development model perspect
ives compared to cyclical frameworks of economic change, particularly
for periods of economic decline. As a touchstone of broader processes,
an occupational composition scale is employed. This represents human
capital aspects of change. and includes as components occupation and e
conomic activity of employment. Empirical focus is on mutations betwee
n 1982 and 1990 at the national level, by gender, and for regions with
in Ecuador. Results indicate that understanding change during periods
of economic devolution is better achieved with economic cycle, than wi
th development perspectives, but both offer critical insights. This im
plies an opportunity to meld these frameworks to more fully embrace on
going processes in Third World settings.