ABSTRACT
Technology has long been seen as a path to economic growth. However there is considerable debate about the exact nature of this relationship. Economics of Structural and Technological Change employs a wide range of theoretical and applied approaches to explore the concept of technological change.
The book begins with a series of in-depth discussions of the economic analysis of technological change. The second section contains a discussion of theoretical models of technological change, focusing on issues such as time and innovation. The third section brings together a number of applied analyses of technological change and examines the effect of factors such as human resource constraints, patenting and science and technology indicators.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|47 pages
Introduction: An appraisal of the economic analysis of technological change
part I|71 pages
Research paths in the economic analysis of technological change
chapter 3|23 pages
Technical change and labour displacement
part II|64 pages
Theoretical models of technological change
part III|126 pages
Applied analyses of technological change