Technology differences over space and time /

This book examines how countries use their productive resources--such as workers, skills, equipment and structures, and natural resources. It develops methods to assess the efficiency with which productive inputs are used, and how these efficiencies vary across countries and over time. The book find...

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Main Author: Caselli, Francesco (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Series:CREI lectures in macroeconomics.
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505 0 |a Introduction and preliminaries -- Skilled and unskilled labor -- Natural and reproducible capital -- Capital and labor -- An endogenous technology framework -- Skilled labor, unskilled labor, and experience over time -- Skills and capital over time and across countries -- Conclusions. 
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