From a course by Christine Greenhalgh, Oxford University. Released as open courseware as part of the TRUE project. For more labour economics materials, go to http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/labour
Every choice involves a trade-off where you must give up something to get something else. The best alternative given up is called the opportunity cost, which is the cost of a decision in terms of the forgone best alternative. For example, the opportunity cost of going to college is the money that could have been earned working instead, and the opportunity cost of a gardener growing carrots is the other crops that could have been grown instead, such as tomatoes or potatoes.
The document discusses key concepts related to production theory and cost analysis. It defines production as transforming inputs into outputs. Inputs can be fixed or variable, and production functions are classified as short-run or long-run depending on whether inputs are fixed or variable. The law of diminishing returns and returns to scale are explained. Cost concepts like total, average, fixed and variable costs are introduced. Break-even analysis is defined as a technique to understand the relationship between sales, costs and profits. Key assumptions and applications of break-even analysis are also outlined.
Why Study Economics?To Learn a Way of ThinkingTo Understand SocietyTo Understand Global AffairsTo Be an Informed VoterThe Scope of EconomicsMicroeconomics and MacroeconomicsThe Diverse Fields of EconomicsThe Method of EconomicsTheories and ModelsEconomic Policy
Development economics focuses on improving fiscal, economic, and social conditions in developing countries. It considers factors like health, education, markets, and policies. Economic development is the growth of a nation's standard of living from low-income to high-income. Strategies for transforming developing economies vary due to differences in social and political backgrounds across countries. Common traits of developing countries include low productivity, dependence on agriculture, high population growth and unemployment. Economic growth increases production over time, while development improves life expectancy, education and reduces poverty. The Human Development Index ranks countries based on education, life expectancy and income levels.
The Lewis dual sector model of development describes an economy transitioning from subsistence agriculture to a more modern, urbanized structure. It consists of two sectors: a traditional subsistence sector with zero marginal productivity of labor, providing surplus labor; and a modern industrial sector where labor is transferred from the traditional sector, expanding output and employment through reinvested profits. However, the model is criticized for assuming profits are always reinvested when they could enable labor-saving investments or capital flight, and for assuming perfect competition in labor markets and unlimited surplus labor, which is inconsistent with historical evidence from developing countries.
Equilibrium of Firm Under Perfect CompetitionPiyush Kumar
The ppt incorporates lots of animations for clear explanation on graphs and curves, it's better to download it first and then surely you will be cherished with it
Labor Productivity: Wages, Prices, and Employmentecogeeeeeks
This document discusses labor productivity, including its definition, importance, trends, and relationship to wages, prices, and employment. Some key points:
- Labor productivity is defined as total real output divided by the number of worker hours. It is an important factor in wage and living standard growth and in controlling inflation.
- Long-term productivity growth is driven by capital investment, improved education/skills, technological progress, and efficiency gains. Cyclically, productivity declines in recessions and rises in expansions.
- While productivity varies across industries, wages are relatively even, so output and employment shift toward more productive sectors over time. However, data shows no clear relationship between industry productivity and employment growth when demand factors
Concept and application of cd and ces production function in resource managem...Nar B Chhetri
The document defines production functions and describes the Cobb-Douglas and CES production functions. It provides the mathematical forms and properties of each. The Cobb-Douglas production function relates output to labor and capital inputs. It is widely used in empirical analyses. The CES production function generalizes the Cobb-Douglas by allowing the elasticity of substitution to vary. Both functions exhibit constant returns to scale under certain parameter values. Examples are given of estimating production functions for various industries and crops using regression analysis.
Every choice involves a trade-off where you must give up something to get something else. The best alternative given up is called the opportunity cost, which is the cost of a decision in terms of the forgone best alternative. For example, the opportunity cost of going to college is the money that could have been earned working instead, and the opportunity cost of a gardener growing carrots is the other crops that could have been grown instead, such as tomatoes or potatoes.
The document discusses key concepts related to production theory and cost analysis. It defines production as transforming inputs into outputs. Inputs can be fixed or variable, and production functions are classified as short-run or long-run depending on whether inputs are fixed or variable. The law of diminishing returns and returns to scale are explained. Cost concepts like total, average, fixed and variable costs are introduced. Break-even analysis is defined as a technique to understand the relationship between sales, costs and profits. Key assumptions and applications of break-even analysis are also outlined.
Why Study Economics?To Learn a Way of ThinkingTo Understand SocietyTo Understand Global AffairsTo Be an Informed VoterThe Scope of EconomicsMicroeconomics and MacroeconomicsThe Diverse Fields of EconomicsThe Method of EconomicsTheories and ModelsEconomic Policy
Development economics focuses on improving fiscal, economic, and social conditions in developing countries. It considers factors like health, education, markets, and policies. Economic development is the growth of a nation's standard of living from low-income to high-income. Strategies for transforming developing economies vary due to differences in social and political backgrounds across countries. Common traits of developing countries include low productivity, dependence on agriculture, high population growth and unemployment. Economic growth increases production over time, while development improves life expectancy, education and reduces poverty. The Human Development Index ranks countries based on education, life expectancy and income levels.
The Lewis dual sector model of development describes an economy transitioning from subsistence agriculture to a more modern, urbanized structure. It consists of two sectors: a traditional subsistence sector with zero marginal productivity of labor, providing surplus labor; and a modern industrial sector where labor is transferred from the traditional sector, expanding output and employment through reinvested profits. However, the model is criticized for assuming profits are always reinvested when they could enable labor-saving investments or capital flight, and for assuming perfect competition in labor markets and unlimited surplus labor, which is inconsistent with historical evidence from developing countries.
Equilibrium of Firm Under Perfect CompetitionPiyush Kumar
The ppt incorporates lots of animations for clear explanation on graphs and curves, it's better to download it first and then surely you will be cherished with it
Labor Productivity: Wages, Prices, and Employmentecogeeeeeks
This document discusses labor productivity, including its definition, importance, trends, and relationship to wages, prices, and employment. Some key points:
- Labor productivity is defined as total real output divided by the number of worker hours. It is an important factor in wage and living standard growth and in controlling inflation.
- Long-term productivity growth is driven by capital investment, improved education/skills, technological progress, and efficiency gains. Cyclically, productivity declines in recessions and rises in expansions.
- While productivity varies across industries, wages are relatively even, so output and employment shift toward more productive sectors over time. However, data shows no clear relationship between industry productivity and employment growth when demand factors
Concept and application of cd and ces production function in resource managem...Nar B Chhetri
The document defines production functions and describes the Cobb-Douglas and CES production functions. It provides the mathematical forms and properties of each. The Cobb-Douglas production function relates output to labor and capital inputs. It is widely used in empirical analyses. The CES production function generalizes the Cobb-Douglas by allowing the elasticity of substitution to vary. Both functions exhibit constant returns to scale under certain parameter values. Examples are given of estimating production functions for various industries and crops using regression analysis.
The document summarizes the structure-conduct-performance (SCP) paradigm, which provides a framework for analyzing the relationship between industrial structure, conduct, and performance. It describes the key components of market structure, including concentration, product differentiation, entry conditions, and integration. Market structure influences firm conduct and pricing policies. Market performance refers to economic results and is evaluated based on efficiency, output relative to input, and progressiveness. The major market structures are perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, and monopolistic competition.
The document defines the substitution effect, income effect, and price effect. The substitution effect refers to changes in quantity demanded from a change in relative price holding income constant. The income effect refers to changes from a change in real income holding price constant. The price effect is the total change from a price change and equals the substitution effect plus the income effect. A price decrease can lead to an increase, decrease, or no change in quantity demanded depending on whether the good is normal or inferior and the relative magnitude of the substitution and income effects.
The document discusses the ongoing debate around the relationship between farm size and productivity. While early studies found an inverse relationship where small farms were more productive, later analysis of disaggregated data challenged this finding. As agriculture modernized and required more capital investment, the inverse relationship diminished and in some cases was reversed as larger farms were able to better utilize new technologies. More recently, small farms have regained some advantages in specialty crops but many smallholders still struggle to compete against larger, more commercial farms and provide an adequate living for their families from smaller plots of land.
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The document discusses labor markets and key concepts including:
- Marginal revenue product (MRP) determines a worker's contribution to total revenue.
- The demand curve for labor shows quantities firms will hire at different wage rates. MRP is the firm's labor demand curve.
- The supply curve of labor shows quantities workers will offer at different wage rates. The market supply is the sum of individual supply curves.
- A monopsonist faces the industry supply curve and pays the same wage, so its marginal factor cost (MFC) exceeds the supply curve
This theory relies on the market behaviour of the consumer to know about his preferences with regard to the various combinations for the two reactions and responses of the consumer.
The document discusses New Institutional Economics (NIE) and its relevance for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). NIE examines how institutions, both formal and informal, shape economic performance and outcomes. It analyzes how transaction costs influence organizational forms and contracts between parties. NIE is useful for IFPRI's work in developing countries, where market failures and imperfect institutions are common. The document provides examples of how NIE insights could further IFPRI's research on issues like contract farming and international food standards.
The document provides an introduction to the field of economics. It defines economics as the study of how societies allocate scarce resources to produce goods and services. It also distinguishes between microeconomics, which examines individual components like industries and households, and macroeconomics, which examines the overall economy. The scientific approach in economics uses techniques like observation, analysis, and statistical analysis to understand economic phenomena. Some pitfalls to avoid in economic reasoning are failing to isolate variables, making post hoc fallacies, and committing the fallacy of composition. Economics studies scarcity and how it affects production and consumption. Economic knowledge can help individuals, societies, and policymakers.
This document provides an overview of the Managerial Economics course at the National Open University of Nigeria. It discusses the need for the course due to growing complexity in business decision making and the increasing importance of applying economic principles. The course objectives are outlined as helping students understand key economic concepts and tools to aid in decision making and analysis of areas like demand, production, and pricing. The course structure is presented in modules that cover topics such as market analysis, demand forecasting, cost analysis, and market structures.
Gross National Product only measures the value of final goods and services produced within a country in a given year. It does not account for imports, non-market activities, or the distribution of income and wealth within an economy. GNP is an aggregate measure used to estimate the size of an economy.
Lewis proposed a model of economic development where a developing economy consists of two sectors: a subsistence agricultural sector and a capitalist industrial sector. Workers move from the agricultural sector with zero marginal productivity to the industrial sector with higher productivity. This increases profits in the industrial sector, fueling expansion and absorbing more agricultural workers. Eventually, wages rise in the agricultural sector as well. However, capitalist profits may not be reinvested as assumed, and other assumptions like constant wages are questionable. Overall, Lewis sought to explain how economies develop by transforming their economic structure and increasing savings and investment rates.
Opportunity cost refers to the cost of the next best alternative forgone when choosing one option over another. It can include money, time, or resources given up now or in the future. Every choice has an opportunity cost equal to the highest valued alternative not chosen. For example, the opportunity cost of spending $20 at the movies includes the forgone options of buying candy, food, or saving the money. Opportunity costs should be considered when making economic decisions to maximize benefits.
The Cobb-Douglas production function is a statistical model that relates the quantity of output to inputs of labor and capital. It is based on an empirical study by Paul Douglas and Charles Cobb of the American manufacturing industry in the 1920s. Their study found that labor contributed about 3/4 and capital about 1/4 to increases in manufacturing production. The Cobb-Douglas production function has several key properties including constant, increasing, or decreasing returns to scale depending on the sum of exponents and that average and marginal products depend on the factor ratio rather than absolute quantities.
This document provides an overview of labour economics as a discipline. It discusses what labour economics is, its importance, and the economic perspective used in labour economics. Specifically, it examines theories of choice that assume relative scarcity of resources, purposeful behaviour by individuals and firms, and adaptability to changes in costs and benefits. It also briefly discusses unemployment and inflation.
The document provides an introduction to key concepts in economics, including:
1) Economics involves making choices due to scarce resources and unlimited wants. It studies how individuals and societies make decisions about production, consumption, and distribution.
2) The four factors of production are land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. Goods and services are produced using these factors.
3) Individuals and societies face trade-offs in how they use limited resources to fulfill needs and wants. Opportunity cost is the value of the next best choice not taken.
This document provides an overview of the key topics that will be covered in a basic economics workshop, including:
- Introduction to microeconomics and macroeconomics concepts like supply and demand, markets, and economic growth.
- The nature of scarcity and how it requires individuals and societies to make choices that involve opportunity costs.
- Production possibilities frontiers and how resources constraints impact what combinations of goods can be produced.
- Distinguishing between microeconomic topics like demand, supply, and elasticity from macroeconomic topics like inflation and GDP.
- Differences between production in the short-run, when some resources are fixed, versus the long-run when all resources are variable.
Agricultural Transformation and Rural Developmentguestf494e5
The document discusses agricultural development and rural transformation. It covers several topics:
1) More than half the world's population lives in rural areas facing poverty, inequality, unemployment and rapid population growth. Integrated rural development strategies are needed to address these issues.
2) Agriculture employs most of the labor force in developing countries but accounts for a small portion of GDP. Agricultural productivity has increased in some countries but declined in others like Africa.
3) Agrarian systems and agricultural development stages vary around the world. Recommended policies include improving small farmer productivity, rural non-farm employment, and equitable access to technology and credit.
The document defines the investment multiplier as the ratio of change in national income due to a change in investment. It explains that an initial increase in investment can lead to an even greater increase in national income through subsequent rounds of spending. The multiplier effect is dependent on the marginal propensity to consume. The document also outlines the assumptions, workings, and limitations of the multiplier model.
This unit discusses the theory of production. It defines production as converting resources into outputs that satisfy human wants. The key factors of production are land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. The production function shows the relationship between inputs like capital and labor, and the quantity of output produced. There are laws of variable proportions and returns to scale. Production optimization involves finding the least-cost combination of inputs using isoquants and isocost lines, where the tangency point indicates the producer's equilibrium.
The document discusses the impact of technology on employment, noting that 320,000 industrial robots were sold in the last two years. It shows that the majority of jobs are now in the services sector rather than agriculture or industry. The fastest growing jobs are those related to software engineering and computer support, while traditional jobs like butchers, secretaries, and cashiers are among the most vulnerable to automation. Employment in manufacturing has declined both in the US and worldwide since 1980 as technologies have replaced some human roles.
This project involves exploring a country and its transportation, population, and other information over the past 10 decades. A team will present information on the selected country, with the reminder that successful projects require collaboration rather than individual work. Sources will be cited.
The document summarizes the structure-conduct-performance (SCP) paradigm, which provides a framework for analyzing the relationship between industrial structure, conduct, and performance. It describes the key components of market structure, including concentration, product differentiation, entry conditions, and integration. Market structure influences firm conduct and pricing policies. Market performance refers to economic results and is evaluated based on efficiency, output relative to input, and progressiveness. The major market structures are perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, and monopolistic competition.
The document defines the substitution effect, income effect, and price effect. The substitution effect refers to changes in quantity demanded from a change in relative price holding income constant. The income effect refers to changes from a change in real income holding price constant. The price effect is the total change from a price change and equals the substitution effect plus the income effect. A price decrease can lead to an increase, decrease, or no change in quantity demanded depending on whether the good is normal or inferior and the relative magnitude of the substitution and income effects.
The document discusses the ongoing debate around the relationship between farm size and productivity. While early studies found an inverse relationship where small farms were more productive, later analysis of disaggregated data challenged this finding. As agriculture modernized and required more capital investment, the inverse relationship diminished and in some cases was reversed as larger farms were able to better utilize new technologies. More recently, small farms have regained some advantages in specialty crops but many smallholders still struggle to compete against larger, more commercial farms and provide an adequate living for their families from smaller plots of land.
$6
MFC
$4
$2
$1
Quantity of Labor
1 2 3 4 5
The document discusses labor markets and key concepts including:
- Marginal revenue product (MRP) determines a worker's contribution to total revenue.
- The demand curve for labor shows quantities firms will hire at different wage rates. MRP is the firm's labor demand curve.
- The supply curve of labor shows quantities workers will offer at different wage rates. The market supply is the sum of individual supply curves.
- A monopsonist faces the industry supply curve and pays the same wage, so its marginal factor cost (MFC) exceeds the supply curve
This theory relies on the market behaviour of the consumer to know about his preferences with regard to the various combinations for the two reactions and responses of the consumer.
The document discusses New Institutional Economics (NIE) and its relevance for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). NIE examines how institutions, both formal and informal, shape economic performance and outcomes. It analyzes how transaction costs influence organizational forms and contracts between parties. NIE is useful for IFPRI's work in developing countries, where market failures and imperfect institutions are common. The document provides examples of how NIE insights could further IFPRI's research on issues like contract farming and international food standards.
The document provides an introduction to the field of economics. It defines economics as the study of how societies allocate scarce resources to produce goods and services. It also distinguishes between microeconomics, which examines individual components like industries and households, and macroeconomics, which examines the overall economy. The scientific approach in economics uses techniques like observation, analysis, and statistical analysis to understand economic phenomena. Some pitfalls to avoid in economic reasoning are failing to isolate variables, making post hoc fallacies, and committing the fallacy of composition. Economics studies scarcity and how it affects production and consumption. Economic knowledge can help individuals, societies, and policymakers.
This document provides an overview of the Managerial Economics course at the National Open University of Nigeria. It discusses the need for the course due to growing complexity in business decision making and the increasing importance of applying economic principles. The course objectives are outlined as helping students understand key economic concepts and tools to aid in decision making and analysis of areas like demand, production, and pricing. The course structure is presented in modules that cover topics such as market analysis, demand forecasting, cost analysis, and market structures.
Gross National Product only measures the value of final goods and services produced within a country in a given year. It does not account for imports, non-market activities, or the distribution of income and wealth within an economy. GNP is an aggregate measure used to estimate the size of an economy.
Lewis proposed a model of economic development where a developing economy consists of two sectors: a subsistence agricultural sector and a capitalist industrial sector. Workers move from the agricultural sector with zero marginal productivity to the industrial sector with higher productivity. This increases profits in the industrial sector, fueling expansion and absorbing more agricultural workers. Eventually, wages rise in the agricultural sector as well. However, capitalist profits may not be reinvested as assumed, and other assumptions like constant wages are questionable. Overall, Lewis sought to explain how economies develop by transforming their economic structure and increasing savings and investment rates.
Opportunity cost refers to the cost of the next best alternative forgone when choosing one option over another. It can include money, time, or resources given up now or in the future. Every choice has an opportunity cost equal to the highest valued alternative not chosen. For example, the opportunity cost of spending $20 at the movies includes the forgone options of buying candy, food, or saving the money. Opportunity costs should be considered when making economic decisions to maximize benefits.
The Cobb-Douglas production function is a statistical model that relates the quantity of output to inputs of labor and capital. It is based on an empirical study by Paul Douglas and Charles Cobb of the American manufacturing industry in the 1920s. Their study found that labor contributed about 3/4 and capital about 1/4 to increases in manufacturing production. The Cobb-Douglas production function has several key properties including constant, increasing, or decreasing returns to scale depending on the sum of exponents and that average and marginal products depend on the factor ratio rather than absolute quantities.
This document provides an overview of labour economics as a discipline. It discusses what labour economics is, its importance, and the economic perspective used in labour economics. Specifically, it examines theories of choice that assume relative scarcity of resources, purposeful behaviour by individuals and firms, and adaptability to changes in costs and benefits. It also briefly discusses unemployment and inflation.
The document provides an introduction to key concepts in economics, including:
1) Economics involves making choices due to scarce resources and unlimited wants. It studies how individuals and societies make decisions about production, consumption, and distribution.
2) The four factors of production are land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. Goods and services are produced using these factors.
3) Individuals and societies face trade-offs in how they use limited resources to fulfill needs and wants. Opportunity cost is the value of the next best choice not taken.
This document provides an overview of the key topics that will be covered in a basic economics workshop, including:
- Introduction to microeconomics and macroeconomics concepts like supply and demand, markets, and economic growth.
- The nature of scarcity and how it requires individuals and societies to make choices that involve opportunity costs.
- Production possibilities frontiers and how resources constraints impact what combinations of goods can be produced.
- Distinguishing between microeconomic topics like demand, supply, and elasticity from macroeconomic topics like inflation and GDP.
- Differences between production in the short-run, when some resources are fixed, versus the long-run when all resources are variable.
Agricultural Transformation and Rural Developmentguestf494e5
The document discusses agricultural development and rural transformation. It covers several topics:
1) More than half the world's population lives in rural areas facing poverty, inequality, unemployment and rapid population growth. Integrated rural development strategies are needed to address these issues.
2) Agriculture employs most of the labor force in developing countries but accounts for a small portion of GDP. Agricultural productivity has increased in some countries but declined in others like Africa.
3) Agrarian systems and agricultural development stages vary around the world. Recommended policies include improving small farmer productivity, rural non-farm employment, and equitable access to technology and credit.
The document defines the investment multiplier as the ratio of change in national income due to a change in investment. It explains that an initial increase in investment can lead to an even greater increase in national income through subsequent rounds of spending. The multiplier effect is dependent on the marginal propensity to consume. The document also outlines the assumptions, workings, and limitations of the multiplier model.
This unit discusses the theory of production. It defines production as converting resources into outputs that satisfy human wants. The key factors of production are land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. The production function shows the relationship between inputs like capital and labor, and the quantity of output produced. There are laws of variable proportions and returns to scale. Production optimization involves finding the least-cost combination of inputs using isoquants and isocost lines, where the tangency point indicates the producer's equilibrium.
The document discusses the impact of technology on employment, noting that 320,000 industrial robots were sold in the last two years. It shows that the majority of jobs are now in the services sector rather than agriculture or industry. The fastest growing jobs are those related to software engineering and computer support, while traditional jobs like butchers, secretaries, and cashiers are among the most vulnerable to automation. Employment in manufacturing has declined both in the US and worldwide since 1980 as technologies have replaced some human roles.
This project involves exploring a country and its transportation, population, and other information over the past 10 decades. A team will present information on the selected country, with the reminder that successful projects require collaboration rather than individual work. Sources will be cited.
Globalization has led to changes in work and organizations. Post-Fordist principles include flexible production, outsourcing of non-core functions, and focus on brands and marketing. Multinational corporations have decentralized production globally through export processing zones with lower labor costs. This increases competition and weakens worker bargaining power. Successful organizational transformation in response to globalization requires a clear vision, leadership commitment, process reengineering, funding for change, and performance metrics aligned with the new strategy. Both incremental and radical approaches can be used, depending on the scale of change needed.
Technology is automating many jobs and replacing human labor. While this increases efficiency and profits, it also eliminates some jobs, especially lower-skilled positions. It creates a need for new highly-skilled technical jobs, but many displaced workers may struggle to retrain. The effects are a growing divide between highly-skilled workers who benefit from new opportunities, and others who face unemployment or an urgent need to gain new technical skills.
Changes in technology affecting GlobalisationRob Marchetto
Recent advances in communication and transport technologies have increased globalization and changed how economies and cultures interact. The internet and satellite technologies now allow near-instant sharing of information worldwide, enabling small businesses to market globally. Improved air, land, and sea transport technologies like large passenger jets and container ships have reduced travel and shipping costs, boosting tourism, business, and international trade. However, some countries still restrict internet access and global connectivity.
Robots have now replaced many daily functions of humans. Our world has become more automated than ever with machines that do some amazing tasks - functionally and just for fun.
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Globalization refers to the increasing flow of goods, services, capital, people, information and ideas across national borders. It has led to nearly $23 trillion in annual imports and exports and influences many aspects of daily life through products from various countries. However, globalization also raises issues such as the use of sweatshops with poor working conditions and low pay as well as increasing global inequality between rich and poor nations. [END SUMMARY]
The document discusses globalization and how technology promotes it. Globalization is defined as the standardization of everyday life worldwide through the spread of ideas and commodities. Technology tools like social media, video chatting, and email allow people all over the world to communicate and share information instantly. This connectivity has opened up educational opportunities for students by giving them access to more in-depth global information. Places that used to seem distant can now be experienced virtually through technology with the click of a button.
Drivers, globalization of market, production,Anmol Nekpuri
The document discusses the key drivers and components of globalization. It describes how declining barriers to trade and technological advances have led to increased globalization. The components discussed include the globalization of markets, production, investment, and technology. Globalization of markets refers to integrating distinct world markets, while globalization of production involves setting up manufacturing facilities abroad. Globalization of investment means multinational companies investing capital overseas. Technology spreads globally through various methods and helps accelerate the process of globalization.
The document discusses inequality in labor markets and the economics of crime. It analyzes how technological changes like the computer revolution have contributed to rising inequality through skill-biased technological change (SBTC). SBTC increased demand for skilled workers and reduced demand for unskilled labor, leading to rising wages for college-educated workers and declining wages for those with less education. Several studies find evidence that SBTC accounts for much of the observed changes in wage structure over the last 25 years. However, SBTC cannot fully explain changes at the bottom of the wage distribution, and theories like routine-biased technological change provide a more nuanced view of technology's impacts. The document also reviews studies analyzing the effects of policies like increased policing on
Productivity is measured as output per unit of input. It can be measured for individual businesses but is harder to measure for the whole economy. Productivity growth leads to economic growth, price stability, full employment, and more efficient use of resources. It allows countries to produce more goods and services from the same inputs. Sustained productivity growth depends on competitive markets, investment in infrastructure and education, innovation, and effective economic policies. Barriers include lack of reforms, over-regulation, and inadequate infrastructure.
This document discusses productivity, how it is measured, why it is important, and trends in Canada over recent decades. Productivity is a measure of economic output per unit of input, usually measured as GDP per hour worked. It is important because higher productivity leads to higher standards of living and competitiveness. While Canada saw strong productivity growth from 1961-1975, its growth has slowed since then, averaging 1.4% annually from 1982-1991. This weaker growth has contributed to Canada losing some competitive advantage internationally in recent years. However, some industries and sectors have maintained stronger productivity, and recent signs suggest productivity may be improving again.
Technology Change, Creative Destruction, and Economic FeasibiltyJeffrey Funk
After showing that the costs of most electronic products are from electronic components, these slides show how the iPhone and iPad became economically feasible through improvements in microprocessors, flash memory, and displays.
The effect of new technology on employment has been a question for economists since the industrial revolution, and one that has grown more and more relevant as digital technology restructures the modern workplace. Technological innovation can indeed replace workers, but it can also promote hiring over both the short and long run.
SERI Quarterly
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This document provides an overview of topics that will be covered in a basic economics workshop, including:
- Introduction to microeconomics and macroeconomics concepts like supply and demand, markets, and economic growth.
- Key economic principles such as scarcity, opportunity cost, production possibilities frontiers, and the differences between planned, market and mixed economies.
- Microeconomic concepts including demand and supply curves, elasticity, and the differences between short-run and long-run production.
- Short-run cost concepts including total, average and marginal costs, and the relationship between costs and output based on returns to scale.
- Long-run costs and the potential for economies of scale, dise
2014.02.11 - NAEC Invitation_Productivity trends from 1890 to 2012OECD_NAEC
1) There were two major productivity growth waves in advanced economies since 1890 driven by technological revolutions.
2) The US experienced a smaller and shorter-lived productivity growth wave from ICT compared to previous technologies, with productivity growth decelerating in the early 2000s.
3) Other countries saw more delayed and subdued productivity growth waves from both industrial and ICT revolutions due to later diffusion of technologies and other factors.
IM2012 International Conference on Innovation Methods for Innovation Management and Policy - FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY SPILLOVERS: Firm Level Evidence from Chilean industrial sector. Leopoldo Laborda and Daniel Sotelsek.
The Transformation of Work in the Information AgeRitesh Nayak
A review of The Rise of the Network Society. Volume 1 of The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture. Blackwell. pp. 216-354
and Frank Levy and Richard Murnane. 2004. The New Division of Labor: How Computers are Creating the Next Job Market.
Productivity effects of ict in the german service sectorFelipe Schmidt
This document discusses a study analyzing the productivity effects of ICT (information and communication technologies) investments in the German service sector. The study finds that ICT investments have significant positive productivity effects. Additionally, firms with past experience innovating through process improvements are better able to leverage ICT investments and realize greater productivity gains. The results suggest ICT may contribute to productivity differences between firms and countries, but complementary factors are needed to fully realize ICT's potential as a general purpose technology.
This document summarizes several studies on the benefits of workforce training for employers. Some key findings include:
1) A UK study found that raising the percentage of trained workers in an industry by 5 percentage points was associated with a 4% increase in productivity and a 1.6% increase in wages.
2) A US study estimated that workplace basic skills training increases earnings by about 17% or 11%, depending on the data set used.
3) French studies found that a 1% increase in training expenditures as a share of wages was associated with a 2% increase in value-added. Training hours and expenditures were also found to be positively associated with innovation.
4) Panel studies in France found that
Ludovic Dibiaggio is a professor of economics and innovation at SKEMA business school who researches topics related to innovation ecosystems and the digital transformation of business. The course he teaches covers various aspects of how digital disruptive technologies are transforming industries and business models. The course examines themes like industry 4.0, artificial intelligence, platforms, digital disruption, and how businesses can strategize to capture value in the digital economy. Students will complete a final team project comparing the business models of a disruptor platform company and an incumbent firm.
Business cycles, innovation and growth: welfare analysisGRAPE
The document summarizes a business cycle model with endogenous growth. It includes:
1) A model with two types of labor (skilled and unskilled) and endogenous growth driven by research and development (R&D) spending by establishments.
2) Establishments choose R&D spending to maximize value, balancing costs today and increased innovation prospects.
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1. Topic 4 -Technological change, employment and wages P Cahuc and A Zylberberg (2004) Labor Economics , Chapter 10: Technological Progress, Globalization and Inequalities, parts 2 and 3. C Greenhalgh and M Rogers (2010) Innovation, Intellectual Property and Economic Growth , Chapter 10: Technology, Wages and Jobs, Princeton University Press. Hornstein, A., P. Krusell and G. L. Violante (2005), 'The effects of technical change on labor market inequalities', in Handbook of Economic Growth, Volume 1B , P. Aghion and S. Durlauf, (eds.), Amsterdam: North Holland/Elsevier B.V. Professor Christine Greenhalgh
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7. Employment growth and innovation in firms in Europe 1998-2000 Source: Table 10.1 of Greenhalgh and Rogers drawn from Harrison et al. NBER WP 14216 (2008) 5.4 6.5 7.6 8.0 Product innovation 0.2 0.0 0.1 - 0.1 Process innovation 16.1 25.9 10.2 15.5 Services employment growth 4.8 7.4 8.0 5.5 Product innovation - 0.4 0.3 - 0.6 - 0.1 Process innovation 6.7 14.2 5.9 8.3 Manufacturing employment growth UK Spain Germany France
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14. Innovation, jobs and wages - the macro picture Source: Table 10.1 of Greenhalgh and Rogers drawn from Machin (2001) Ox Bull Ec & Stats Vol 63 Special Issue 1.64 1.66 17.2 27.5 2000 1.60 1.55 10.2 23.8 1990 1.48 1.36 5.0 19.3 1980 Relative wages of graduates to non-graduates US UK Share of graduates in total employment (%) US UK
15. Change in ratio of earnings at the median to bottom decile (D5/D1) Source: Cahuc and Zylberberg Table 10.2 0.27 2.20 1.93 US 0.22 1.80 1.58 UK 0.02 1.60 1.58 Japan – 0.06 1.46 1.52 Germany – 0.08 1.60 1.68 France Change Mid 1990s Late 1970s
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