compared with the western region. Foreign direct investment (FDI) and information and communication technology (ICT) investment …

trend (purely external non-economic) as well as other exogenous (external economic) factors (technology shifters). We define … technology index based on the external economic factors which are indicators of 'technology'. Thus our definition of production … function is amended to accommodate several technology shifters which are not separable from the traditional inputs. That is …

call technology shifters (economic factors). We use several composite technology indices based on appropriate combinations … of the external economic factors which are indicators of different aspects of technology. These technology indices are … specific external economic factors. Furthermore, the technology shifters allow for non-neutral and biased shifts in TC. We also …

skillbiased technological change induced through imports of technology-intensive capital goods or export activity may provide an … based on a translog cost function show that changes in technology through a greater inflow of foreign machinery is found to …

This paper discusses the occurrence of Skill-Enhancing Technology Import (SETI), namely the relationship between … imports of embodied technology and widening skill-based employment differentials in a sample of low and middle income … countries (LMICs). In doing so, this paper provides a direct measure of technology transfer at the sector level from high income …

This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43 developing countries. Our … findings show that exporting and importing activities are important channels for the transfer of technology. Majority foreign … interpret this finding as evidence that the technology transferred from multinational parents to majority-owned subsidiaries is …

support the idea that greater openness and technology adoption have increased the demand for skills, especially in middle … integration in the region intensifies further and technology continues to be skilled biased, policies aimed at mitigating skills …