Technological change in Australian manufacturing
| dc.contributor.author | Bloch, Harry | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T11:05:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T11:05:33Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2009-03-05T00:54:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bloch, Harry. 2007. Technological change in Australian manufacturing, Centre for Research in Applied Economics Working Paper Series, Curtin University of Technology, School of Economics and Finance. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8244 | |
| dc.description.abstract |
In the modern era, the extent and character of technical change features prominently in discussions of productivity growth and movements in the competitiveness of manufacturing. While technical change is pervasive in modern manufacturing, it occurs unevenly. In this study, technical change is estimated by fitting dual cost functions for each of 38 sectors of Australian manufacturing over the 32-year period, 1968/69 to 1999/2000. The estimates show that technical change is heavily labour saving in all industries, but that the rate of change and the degree of bias towards saving labour, rather than capital or material, varies substantially across industries. | |
| dc.publisher | Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School | |
| dc.title | Technological change in Australian manufacturing | |
| dc.type | Working Paper | |
| dcterms.source.volume | 200701 | |
| dcterms.source.series | Centre for Research in Applied Economics Working Paper Series | |
| curtin.accessStatus | Open access | |
| curtin.faculty | Curtin Business School | |
| curtin.faculty | School of Economics and Finance |