CoPS/IMPACT Working Paper Number OP-18

Title: Models of Skill Substitution and Transformation in an Occupationally Disaggregated Labour Market

Authors: Dean J. Parham and G. J. Ryland

Abstract

This 1978 paper is about estimating elasticities for the ORANI model -- in particular the elasticity of substitution between labour of different types. Literature is surveyed, and a theoretical approach outlined, but discussions of data and regression results are deferred to a later report.

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JEL Classification: J23, J24, C20.

Keywords: capital-labour substitution elasticity.

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