Is Skill-Biased Technological Change Here Yet? Evidence from Indian Manufacturing in the 1990

Is Skill-Biased Technological Change Here Yet? Evidence from Indian Manufacturing in the 1990

Most high and middle-income countries showed symptoms of skill-biased technological change in the 1980s. India-a low income country-did not, perhaps because India's traditionally controlled economy may have limited the transfer of technologies from abroad. However the economy underwent a sharp...

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Main Authors: Berman, Eli, Somanathan, Rohini, Tan, Hong W.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADJUSTMENT COSTS
AGGREGATE DEMAND
AGRICULTURE
BUSINESS CYCLES
CAPITAL GOODS
CAPITAL STOCK
CAPITAL-SKILL
CAPITAL-SKILL COMPLEMENTARITY
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
DEMAND CURVE
DEMAND FOR EDUCATION
DEMAND FOR SKILL
DEMAND FOR SKILLS
EDUCATED WORKERS
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT INCREASE
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT SHARE
EQUATIONS
EXPORTS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN MARKETS
GDP
GNP
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPORT QUOTAS
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL POLICY
INDUSTRY COMPONENTS
INVESTMENT
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARGINAL PRODUCTS
MEASURES OF TECHNOLOGY
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MONOPOLIES
PATTERN OF SKILL UPGRADING
PATTERNS OF SKILL UPGRADING
PREVIOUS SECTION
PREVIOUS WORK
PRIVATE FIRMS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCT MIX
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
R&D
REGULATION
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
SCALE EFFECTS
SKILL UPGRADING
SKILLED LABOR
SKILLED WORKERS
STATEMENT
STATEMENTS
SUPPLY CURVES
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
TOTAL WAGE
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICIES
UNSKILLED LABOR
UNSKILLED WORKERS
VALUE ADDED
WAGE BILL
WAGES
WORKERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/6361931/skill-biased-technological-change-yet-evidence-indian-manufacturing-1990
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8482

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/6361931/skill-biased-technological-change-yet-evidence-indian-manufacturing-1990
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8482

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