Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

DOI

10.1111/1467-8454.12311

Publication Title

Australian Economic Papers

Volume

62

Issue

4

Pages

747-763

Abstract

The impact of capital accumulation on job creation is an important and interesting issue in economic development. This model provides a general-equilibrium framework for studying technology choice with unemployment in a developing economy based on micro-foundations. Unemployment in the urban sector results from the existence of efficiency wages. Manufacturing firms engage in oligopolistic competition and choose technologies to maximise profits. A more advanced technology uses more capital and less labour. In the steady state, an increase in the amount of capital induces firms to choose more advanced technologies and the wage rate increases. While a higher capital stock always induces firms to choose more advanced technologies, urban unemployment rate may decrease and agricultural sector employment may increase.

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© 2023 The Authors

This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

ORCID

0000-0002-1929-3347 (Zhou)

Original Publication Citation

Wen, L., & Zhou, H. (2023). The choice of technology in economic development. Australian Economic Papers, 62(4), 747-763. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12311

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