Production Functions and Input Elasticities in the Construction of Low -Cost Housing.A Comparison of Building Firms in Pakistan with Firms in Five other Countries

In this study, data relating to construction firms of five developing countries are analysed to explore the possibilities of substitution between capital and labour and between skilled and unskilled labour. The study concludes that, in general, both the elasticities are quite low.

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Year of publication:	1981
Authors:	AHMED, EHSAN
Published in:	The Pakistan Development Review. - Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. - Vol. 20.1981, 4, p. 417-425
Publisher:	Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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