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Technological Dualism in Late Industrializers: On Theory, History, and Policy

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Underemployment in LDCs has been spreading from its rural habitat to envelop the cities. Demographic growth has been a major cause in many LDCs, but the prevalence of the phenomenon in LDCs experiencing rapid industrial growth since World War II has also focused attention on the sluggish growth of industrial employment and on the industrial technologies employed. Since new technology has been almost entirely of foreign design, a central dispute has been whether declining industrial labor coefficients reflect primarily faults in the selection mechanisms governing the choice of industrial techniques, or whether labor-saving trends inherent in advanced country technology are reducing the feasible range of choice for industrializing LDCs.

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  • Felix, David, 1974. "Technological Dualism in Late Industrializers: On Theory, History, and Policy," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 34(1), pages 194-238, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:34:y:1974:i:01:p:194-238_07
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    1. Hodara, Joseph, 1976. "La conceptuación del atraso cientificotécnico de América Latina: el telón de fondo," Sede Subregional de la CEPAL en México (Estudios e Investigaciones) 26210, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).

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