Technology and human development

Human development, in combination with technology, yields economic growth which, in turn, is necessary to generate further advances in human development. This paper focuses on the first channel above and finds the relationship significant. Secondly, the paper tries to investigate what affects technology change, as represented by TFP. We examine the influence of openness, FDI, patents and R&D in a 22 country sample and also contrast Asian and Latin American experience.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Ranis, Gustav
Publisher:	New Haven, CT : Yale University, Economic Growth Center
Subject:	Technology \| Human Development

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Series:	Center Discussion Paper ; 1004
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	67164680X [GVK] hdl:10419/59131 [Handle] RePEc:egc:wpaper:1004 [RePEc]
Classification:	F00 - International Economics. General ; F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; O10 - Economic Development. General ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration ; O30 - Technological Change; Research and Development. General ; O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
Source:	EconStor

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