Labor Substitution in U.S. Manufacturing

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dc.contributor.authorWilson, Gregory Arthuren
dc.contributor.committeechairWaud, Roger N.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLutton, Thomas J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWentzler, Nancy A.en
dc.contributor.departmentEconomicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:31:16Zen
dc.date.adate2000-02-12en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:31:16Zen
dc.date.issued2000-01-24en
dc.date.rdate2001-02-12en
dc.date.sdate2000-02-02en
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a translog model designed to estimate the elasticity of substitution between capital, non-production workers, and production workers using U.S. manufacturing data for the period 1988 to 1997. The elasticity of substitution estimates derived from the translog model suggest that production workers and capital are substitutes, as well as non-production and production workers. Although the estimates do not provide conclusive evidence regarding the degree of substitutability between non-production workers and capital, they do indicate that the degree of substitutability between production workers and capital is greater than it is between non-production workers and capital.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-02022000-19340038en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02022000-19340038/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31108en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartthesis_wilson.pdfen
dc.relation.hasparttitle_wilson.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectProduction Workersen
dc.subjectTranslog Modelen
dc.subjectNon-production Workersen
dc.subjectLabor Substitutionen
dc.subjectElasticity of Substitutionen
dc.titleLabor Substitution in U.S. Manufacturingen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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