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Technological Change in Canada (1961-80): An Application of the Surrogate Wage Function

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This paper applies C. Ozol's surrogate wage function to Canadian input-output data to analyz e the general properties of technological change during the 1961-80 p eriod. Technological change manifests itself in the shifts of the est imated surrogate wage curves which indicate the changing capital and labor intensities of the production system. The empirical results of this study imply that technological progress in Canada is generally l abor saving over the entire 1961-80 period and capital saving over th e 1961-66 period. The actual tendencies of the technological evolutio n investigated appear to be explained by the continuous mechanization of the production process.

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  • Jaromir Cekota, 1988. "Technological Change in Canada (1961-80): An Application of the Surrogate Wage Function," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 21(2), pages 348-358, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:cje:issued:v:21:y:1988:i:2:p:348-58
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    1. Zambelli, Stefano & Fredholm, Thomas & Venkatachalam, Ragupathy, 2017. "Robust measurement of national technological progress," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 38-55.
    2. Michael Gaul, 2024. "A Discussion of Marx’s Account of Technical Progress by Means of Wage Curves and Their Historical Evolution," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 56(2), pages 267-299, June.
    3. Mariolis, Theodore & Tsoulfidis, Lefteris, 2010. "Eigenvalue distribution and the production price-profit rate relationship in linear single-product systems: theory and empirical evidence," MPRA Paper 43716, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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