Technology and convergence

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bernard, AB; Jones, CI
• 署名单位: Stanford University
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.2307/2235376
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 1037-1044
• 关键词: growth

摘要

The empirical convergence literature envisages a world in which the presence or lack of convergence is a function of capital accumulation. This focus ignores a long tradition among economic historians and growth theorists which emphasises technology and the potential for technology transfer. We suggest here that this neglect is an important oversight: simple models which incorporate technology transfer provide a richer framework for thinking about convergence. Empirically, differences in technologies across countries and sectors appear to match differences in labour productivity and to exhibit interesting changes over time.