Estimates of labour demand elasticities and elasticities of substitution using firm-level manufacturing data

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dc.creatorBehar, Alberto
dc.date2013-10-10T19:13:43Z
dc.date2013-10-10T19:13:43Z
dc.date2004-12
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:27Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:27Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionUsing firm-level manufacturing data supplemented with wages from household survey data, this paper estimates translog cost functions to calculate labour demand elasticities and Allen Elasticities of Substitution between capital and four occupation types. It finds that own-price labour demand elasticities range from 0.56 to 0.8, that capital and all occupation types are substitutes and that most occupation types are themselves complements.
dc.identifier1-77011-025-9
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/655
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Firm-level data KW - Manufacturing KW - Labour LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Estimates of labour demand elasticities and elasticities of substitution using firm-level manufacturing data TI - Estimates of labour demand elasticities and elasticities of substitution using firm-level manufacturing data UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/655 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/655
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCSSR and SALDRU
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relationCSSR/SALDRU Working Paper;98
dc.subjectFirm-level data
dc.subjectManufacturing
dc.subjectLabour
dc.titleEstimates of labour demand elasticities and elasticities of substitution using firm-level manufacturing data
dc.typeWorking Paper
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceWorking Paperen_ZA
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