Economics of Structural and Technological Change

<p>Technology has long been seen as a path to economic growth. However there is considerable debate about the exact nature of this relationship. <em>Economics of Structural and Technological Change</em> employs a wide range of theoretical and applied approaches to explore the concept of technological change.<br> The book begins with a series of in-depth discussions of the economic analysis of technological change. The second section contains a discussion of theoretical models of technological change focusing on issues such as time and innovation. The third section brings together a number of applied analyses of technological change and examines the effect of factors such as human resource constraints patenting and science and technology indicators.</p>