Wage Differentials and Economic Growth

ISBN-13: 9781138852549 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 148 str.

Pasquale Sgro

Opis

This book, which was first published in 1980, is concerned with one particular branch of growth theory, namely descriptive growth theory. It is typically assumed in growth theory that both the factors and goods market are perfectly competitive. In particular this implies amongst other things that the reward to each factor is identical in each sector of the economy. In this book the assumption of identical factor rewards is relaxed and the implications of an intersectoral wage differential for economic growth are analysed. There is also some discussion on the short-term and long-run effects of minimum wage legislation on growth. This book will serve as key reading for students of economics.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments;  General Remarks;  Part 1: Two-Sector Growth Models;  1. A Two-sector Fixed Coefficient Model  2. A Two-sector Variable Coefficient Growth Model;  Part 2: Wage Differentials and Economic Growth;  3. Wage Differentials and the Fixed Coefficient Growth Model  4. Wage Differentials and the Variable Coefficient Growth Model;  Part 3: International Trade and Economic Growth;  5. An Open Economy Two-sector Growth Model  6. Trade and Growth with Wage Differentials;  Appendix 1: Homotheticity and Demand;  Appendix 2: The Elasticity of Labour Mobility;  References;  Author Index;  Subject Index

O autorze

Pasquale M. Sgro,