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La nature du progrès technique et la substitution des facteurs dans les pays en voie de développement

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  • Hawrylyshyn, Oli

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The first part of the paper presents a new typology of direction of technological progress which is more suited to the problem of employment in developing countries, and factor substitution effects. An alternative to elasticity of substitution is proposed as providing more insights into the employment problems, namely the "range of substitution". The main conclusions here are that labour-saving technological progress as usually defined does not necessarily mean a reduced scope for substitution, contrary to the popular view of the technological determinist, but that nevertheless the most desirable direction of progress is in the neighborhood of the labour-intensive ridge line. The second part of the paper then considers how progress can be so directed. First, technological progress is narrowly defined not as a shift of the isoquant but as a movement of a particular process-point on the isoquant, reflecting the practical nature of R&D.

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  • Hawrylyshyn, Oli, 1977. "La nature du progrès technique et la substitution des facteurs dans les pays en voie de développement," L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 53(2), pages 193-213, avril.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:actuec:v:53:y:1977:i:2:p:193-213
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    1. Winston, Gordon C., 1974. "Factor substitution, ex ante and ex post," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 1(2), pages 145-163, September.
    2. Oli Hawrylyshyn, 1975. "The Causes of Underemployment in Developing Economies: Towards an Analytic Clarification," Working Paper 173, Economics Department, Queen's University.
    3. Mason, R Hal, 1973. "Some Observations on the Choice of Technology by Multinational Firms in Developing Countries," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 55(3), pages 349-355, August.
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