ISBN:
9780230523814
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIII, 239 p, online resource)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Series Statement:
Springer eBook Collection
Series Statement:
Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
Series Statement:
Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
Parallel Title:
Printed edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Technology and human capital in historical perspective
Keywords:
Technischer Fortschritt
;
Humankapital
;
Technikgeschichte
;
Industriegeschichte
;
Bildung
;
Kanada
;
Portugal
;
Schweden
;
Spanien
;
Finnland
;
Economics
;
Human capital History
;
Technological innovations Economic aspects
;
History
;
Technology History
;
Development economics
;
Economic history
Abstract:
One theme of this volume is whether the complementarity between technology and human capital is a recent phenomenon, or whether it can be traced through history. Different approaches to human capital as well as technology are applied, and besides historical surveys are total factor productivity and patent data employed. The studies deal with the Iberian peninsula, Scandinavia, and Canada, countries displaying different patterns in the international development
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Notes on the Contributors; List of Abbreviations; 1 Technology and Human Capital in Historical Perspective: An Introduction; 2 Human Capital and Industrialization: The Case of a Latecomer - Portugal, 1890; 3 Engineering Expertise and the Canadian Exploitation of the Technology of the Second Industrial Revolution; 4 Technology Shifts, Industrial Dynamics and Labour Market Institutions in Sweden, 1920-95; 5 Did Higher Technical Education Pay?; 6 Economic Growth, Technology Transfer and Convergence in Spain, 1960-73
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Variations in Total Factor Productivity Analysed with Cointegration: Swedish Manufacturing Industry, 1950-948 Spain's Low Technological Level: An Explanation; 9 Technological Specialization in Sweden and Finland 1963-97: Contrasting Developments; Index
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Notes on the Contributors; List of Abbreviations; 1 Technology and Human Capital in Historical Perspective: An Introduction; 2 Human Capital and Industrialization: The Case of a Latecomer - Portugal, 1890; 3 Engineering Expertise and the Canadian Exploitation of the Technology of the Second Industrial Revolution; 4 Technology Shifts, Industrial Dynamics and Labour Market Institutions in Sweden, 1920-95; 5 Did Higher Technical Education Pay?; 6 Economic Growth, Technology Transfer and Convergence in Spain, 1960-73
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Variations in Total Factor Productivity Analysed with Cointegration: Swedish Manufacturing Industry, 1950-948 Spain's Low Technological Level: An Explanation; 9 Technological Specialization in Sweden and Finland 1963-97: Contrasting Developments; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-225) and index
DOI:
10.1057/9780230523814
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