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Estimation Of Cob-Douglas And Translog Production Functions With Capital And Gender Disaggregated Labor Inputs In The Usa

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  • Gertrude Sebunya Muwanga

    (Department of Policy and Development Economics, School of Economics, College of Business and Management Sciences (COBAMS), Kampala-Uganda)

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This is an empirical investigation of the homogeneity of gender disaggregated labor using the Douglas, single/multi-factor translog production functions; and labor productivity functions for the USA. The results based on the single factor translog model, indicated that: an increase in the capita/female labor ratio increases aggregate output; male labor is more productive than female labor, which is more productive than capital; a simultaneous increase in quantity allocated and productivity of the leads to an increase in output; female labor productivity has grown slower than male labor productivity; it much easier to substitute male labor for capital compared to female labor; and the three inputs are neither perfect substitutes nor perfect complements. As a consequence, male and female labor are not homogenous inputs. Efforts to investigate the factors influencing gender disaggregated labor productivity; and designing policies to achieve gender parity in numbers/productivity in the labor force and increasing the ease of substitutability between male labor and female labor are required.

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  • Gertrude Sebunya Muwanga, 2017. "Estimation Of Cob-Douglas And Translog Production Functions With Capital And Gender Disaggregated Labor Inputs In The Usa," Journal of Smart Economic Growth, , vol. 2(3), pages 55-105, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:seg:012016:v:2:y:2017:i:3:p:55-105
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