YALE UNIVERSITY. ECONOMIC GROWTH CENTER
Long-term contract is provided to the Yale Economic Growth Center to conduct a series of studies analyzing various economic/technological factors relating to employment and unemployment in developing countries, thus providing possible policy alternatives to these governments.
1973
Abstract
Investigations will be carried out in Taiwan, Pakistan, Colombia, Brazil, and possibly Chile, Mexico, Nigeria, or the United Arab Republic. Specific studies will concern technical change and employment in agriculture, industrial and service sector labor absorption, education sector strategies, technological knowledge and its application, technological choices for industries, and types of ownership and management decisionmaking. In addition, the Center will study the relationship between the adoption/adaptation of technology by developing countries and its effect upon employment, output, and income distribution. This study will focus on: Japan and Taiwan, two economically successful, albeit atypical, Asian countries; the Philippines, a much more typical, labor-surplus Asian country; Brazil, a relatively advanced Latin American country; and either Kenya, one of the more advanced and "open" African countries, or Nigeria, a more typical and domestically-oriented country. Time series data for the post World War II period for each participating country will be used to test the Center"s basic hypothesis that technological innovation plays a substantially larger role than capital accumulation in determining employment and economic output. Two or three important industries such as textiles, electronics, and light machinery will be selected for study. Secondary materials and interviews will be utilized to evaluate experiences in India, Pakistan, Colomiba, and Turkey. In conclusion, a synthesis paper will be prepared, summarizing the results of the entire analysis.
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