Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 184 pages)
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illustration
ISBN:
9781035303151
Content:
The impact of technical change on employment is investigated in this important new book which offers a critical appraisal of how far current economic analysis and theory can deal with this key policy issue. The Economics of Technology and Employment addresses the impact of technical change on employment from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. After an analytical discussion of theoretical propositions and models put forward by classical and contemporary economists, Dr Vivarelli develops a model to examine the extent to which worker displacement due to technical progress can be offset by compensatory market forces. This model is tested using Italian and US aggregate time-series data. The theoretical discussion and empirical results are combined to demonstrate that the employment impact of labour saving technologies can only be partially counter-balanced by market forces and so economic policy measures could be necessary. This important and innovative volume will be welcomed by economists and policymakers as a major contribution to our theoretical understanding of employment, industrial innovation and technical change
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-182) and index
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Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The economics of technical change and employment -- 3. Technology and employment in the history of economic thought: Towards a comprehensive taxonomy -- 4. The recent debate: The neoclassical approach -- 5. The recent debate: Alternative approaches -- 6. The empirical studies: A critical survey -- 7. A testable model -- 8. The econometric tests based on Italian data -- 9. The econometric tests based on us data -- 10. Conclusions and policy implications -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781858981666
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als ISBN 9781858981666
Additional Edition:
Elektronische Reproduktion von Vivarelli, Marco, 1963 - The economics of technology and employment Aldershot, Hants. [u.a.] : Elgar, 1995 ISBN 1858981662
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
Keywords:
Technische Innovation
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Arbeitsangebot
;
Arbeitslosigkeit
URL:
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