The Effects of Technological Change on Productivity and Factor Demand in U.S. Apparel Industry 1958-1996 : An Econometric Analysis

Description

<p>In this dissertation I study substantially the effects of disembodied technical change on the total factor productivity and inputs demand in U.S. Apparel industry during 1958-1996. A time series input-output data set over the sector employs to estimate an error corrected model of a four-factor transcendental logarithmic cost function. The empirical results indicate technical impact on the total factor productivity at the rate of 9% on average. Technical progress has in addition a biased effect on factor augmenting in the sector.</p>

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Tags

technological progress

total factor productivity

technical bias effect

factor effectiveness

transcendental logarithmic cost function

and Likelihood Ratio Statistic Test.

Economics

Nationalekonomi

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:uu-7659
Date	January 2007
Creators	Rezagholi, Mahmoud
Publisher	Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala : Nationalekonomiska institutionen
Source Sets	DiVA Archive at Upsalla University
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Student thesis, text