Technology, Economic Growth and the Labour Process
Author: Phil Blackburn
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1985-06-18
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1349075175
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Innovation and Employment
Author: Charles Edquist
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1843762870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is an important addition to what can be broadly referred to as the national systems of innovation (NSI) approach. The particular contribution of the book is in the examination of the employment effects of innovation, something only indirectly considered hitherto. . . It is a thorough integration of existing knowledge on the key employment implications of innovation. . . Rachel Parker, Labour and Industry This is a highly readable, non-technical book . . . a highly clear and well-argued book that should be useful for policymakers and higher education alike. It brings together much of the most recent and useful literature in the area of innovation, employment and related public policy. It is an opportune addition to the existing documentation on the subject. Journal of Economics / Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie Which kinds of growth lead to increased employment and which do not? This is one of the questions that this important volume attempts to answer. The book explores the complex relationships between innovation, growth and employment that are vital for both research into, and policy for, the creation of jobs. Politicians claiming that more rapid growth would remedy unemployment do not usually specify what kind of growth is meant. Is it, for example, economic (GDP) or productivity growth? Growing concern over jobless growth requires both policymakers and researchers to make such distinctions, and to clarify their employment implications. The authors initially address their theoretical approach to, and conceptualization of, innovation and employment, where the distinction between process and product innovations and between high-tech and low-tech goods and services are central. They go on to address the relationship between innovation and employment, using empirical material to analyse the effects that different kinds of innovations have upon job creation and destruction. Finally, the volume summarizes the findings and addresses conclusions as well as policy implications. This book will be of great interest to those involved in research and policy in the fields of macroeconomics (economic growth and employment), industrial economics and innovation.
Productivity, Technology and Economic Growth
Author: Bart van Ark
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-09
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 1475731612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProductivity, Technology and Economic Growth presents a selection of recent research advances on long term economic growth. While the contributions stem from both economic history, macro- and microeconomics and the economics of innovation, all papers depart from a common viewpoint: the key factor behind long term growth is productivity, and the latter is primarily driven by technological change. Most contributions show implicitly or explicitly that technological change is at least partly dependent on growth itself. Furthermore, technology appears to interact strongly with investment in physical and human capital as well as with changes in historical, political and institutional settings. Together these papers are an up-to-date account of the remarkable convergence in theoretical and empirical work on productivity and growth over the past decades. The first part deals with the characteristics of growth regimes over longer periods, ranging from 20 years to two centuries. The next four chapters study the determinants of productivity growth and, in some cases, productivity slowdown during the last quarter of the twentieth century. The final five chapters focus on the role of technology and innovation as the key determinants of growth. Productivity, Technology and Economic Growth is, therefore, a welcome collection for academic scholars and graduate students in economics, history and related social sciences as well as for policy makers.
Technology and Industrial Progress
Author: G. N. Von Tunzelmann
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 1995-01-01
Total Pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9781781956595
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat has dictated the rate and direction of technological change? How central has it been to industrial progress? How has it related to other determinants of economic growth and development? In Technology and Industrial Progress, Dr von Tunzelmann examines theoretical views on the nature and contribution of technology, and the empirical evidence from the major industrializing countries from the 18th century to the present day. The experiences of countries regarded in their time as the leaders of industrialization - Britain in the 18th century, the United States in the 19th century and Japan in the 20th century - are critically compared by the author. The following chapters study the transfer of each of these patterns of technology and growth to later industrializers, such as continental Europe, the Soviet Union, and today's newly industrializing countries. Adopting approaches drawn from evolutionary economics, Dr von Tunzelmann links micro-level phenomena relating to individual firms and technologies to macro-level outcomes as reflected in economic growth and development. This long-awaited book is exceptional both in the range of countries surveyed and the breadth of topics analysed, encompassing changes in production processes, products and marketing, management and finance.
Division of Labour, Technical Change, and Economic Growth
Author: Marcella Corsi
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTechnology, Growth, and the Labor Market
Author: Donna K. Ginther
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012-10-23
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781461350217
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTechnology, Growth, and the Labor Market brings together research by economists from academia and the Federal Reserve System. The first section of the volume includes discussions by monetary policymakers with firsthand experience in determining how technology affects productivity, inequality, and macroeconomic growth. Papers in the second section discuss the sources of the surge in labor productivity growth during the latter half of the 1990s and present forecasts of labor productivity growth rates during the next few years. In the third section, the papers focus on the role of technological advances in changes in earnings inequality in the labor market. The authors examine whether inequality should be viewed as a causal result of skill-biased technological change or whether there is a missing link - or perhaps no link - between changes in technology and changes in wage inequality. The final section explores the relationships between computer investment, worker skills, human resource practices, and productivity at the industry and firm levels.
A New Economy? The Changing Role of Innovation and Information Technology in Growth
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2000-07-06
Total Pages: 89
ISBN-13: 9264182128
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat is driving recent growth in OECD countries? This study shows that success requires not some silver bullet, but a range of complementary factors that support the innovation-intensive growth exemplified by new information and communication technologies like the Internet and Internet applications.
The Economics of Growth and Technical Change
Author: Gerald Silverberg
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTechnical change and its relationship to economic growth are now at the forefront of research in economics. This important book - which contains contributions from leading economists - provides an invaluable state-of-the-art survey and analysis of the most recent work in this area. The book sheds new light on such major themes and issues as: the sources of technological knowledge and growth and time patterns in the growth and innovation process. It also addresses the role of national institutions and social infrastructure in growth, convergence and divergence in the world economy from both the modelling and the empirical perspectives, and the microfoundations of technology diffusion and learning by doing. The Economics of Growth and Technical Change will be essential reading for all economists with an interest in the economics of innovation and economic growth.
OECD Employment Outlook 2017
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2017-06-13
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9264274863
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 2017 edition of the OECD Employment Outlook reviews recent labour market trends and short-term prospects in OECD countries.
Economics of Structural and Technological Change
Author: Cristiano Antonelli
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-09-11
Total Pages: 381
ISBN-13: 1134716621
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTechnology has long been seen as a path to economic growth. However there is considerable debate about the exact nature of this relationship. Economics of Structural and Technological Change employs a wide range of theoretical and applied approaches to explore the concept of technological change. The book begins with a series of in-depth discussions of the economic analysis of technological change. The second section contains a discussion of theoretical models of technological change, focusing on issues such as time and innovation. The third section brings together a number of applied analyses of technological change and examines the effect of factors such as human resource constraints, patenting and science and technology indicators.
