Masoud Sadeghi; Karim Azarbayegani
Volume 8, Issue 27 , July 2006, , Pages 175-197
Abstract
Knowledge and technology play an important role in raising the demand for labour and reducing the rate of unemployment. In knowledge based economy, a rise in knowledge and skills will lead to innovations, thus raising productivity and , incomes and reducing inflation and unemployment. Supplying high ...
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Knowledge and technology play an important role in raising the demand for labour and reducing the rate of unemployment. In knowledge based economy, a rise in knowledge and skills will lead to innovations, thus raising productivity and , incomes and reducing inflation and unemployment. Supplying high quality goods and changing consumption patterns due to technological break-through would expand markets and raise the demand for labour.
On the other hand, skilled labour would lead to dynamism and technological improvements in production processes, therefore, expanding production capacity consequently and raising the export of knowledge and competitiveness in international markets. Creation of different and new job opportunities is a consequence of technological improvement. Technology improvement would reduce the number of jobs for unskilled labour and would increase the number of jobs for hight skilled labour.
This paper examines the impact of knowledge and technology on the demand for labour in Iran between 1350-1380.Using the OLS method, the results of the estimated model show that knowledge and technology have positive and meaningful effect on demand for labour in Iran.
Mansour Zerra Nezhad; Sohrab Noroozani
Volume 7, Issue 25 , February 2006, , Pages 175-190
Abstract
This paper deals with estimation and analysis of demand for labour in Khuzestan's manufacturing. First, we estimate the stock of capital applying exponential trend method. Employing Johansen’s approach, the research investigates the long-run effect of significant determinants on demand for labour ...
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This paper deals with estimation and analysis of demand for labour in Khuzestan's manufacturing. First, we estimate the stock of capital applying exponential trend method. Employing Johansen’s approach, the research investigates the long-run effect of significant determinants on demand for labour in Khuzestan’s manufacturing for the period 1966-2002. The findings indicate that in the long run, stock of capital and productivity of capital affect positively the demand for labour, while the average capital has negative effect. The result also shows that the error correction term is negative and less than one (-0.95) indicating that the speed of adjustment toward equilibrium in response to deviations from the long-run equilibrium is very high.
