Learning-by-Doing and trade policy in a developing economy

Moore, Robert E. (1997): Learning-by-Doing and trade policy in a developing economy. Published in: The Journal of Developing Areas 31 No. Summer (1997): pp. 515-528.

Abstract

The Purpose of this paper is to model, as simply and yet as realistically as possible, the dilemma faced by a developing country that is contemplating trade and industrial policy decisions in an environment where industrialization has not yet been successful. The underlying hypothesis of this model is that successful industrialization depends definitively on the productivity of labor available to the potential new industrial sector.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O41 - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O15 - Human Resources ; Human Development ; Income Distribution ; Migration

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