Unpublished Paper
Marshall's Rules with Aggregate Inputs
(2009)
Abstract
We establish the formal link between the separability of inputs in a production function and the aggregate elasticity of demand for those inputs. This validates the implicit assumption used when calculating an aggregate elasticity with aggregated input prices and provides a practical approach to calculating an aggregate elasticity when one has disaggregated prices. We illustrate the approach to add to a thin empirical literature on labour demand elasticities in developing countries by using South African data.
Keywords
- Marshall's Rules,
- labour demand
Disciplines
Publication Date
2009
Citation Information
Alberto Behar. "Marshall's Rules with Aggregate Inputs" (2009) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alberto_behar/15/