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On the measurement of capital-Intensity
Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv
  • David Lim
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1976
Keywords
  • Capital-intensity,
  • Capital-labour ratio,
  • Developing countries
Disciplines
DOI
10.1007/BF02705986
Abstract

The problem of the choice of technique in less developed countries has featured prominently in the literature on economic develop- ment I. This paper shows that despite such interest attempts to measure capital-intensity still leave much to be desired and argues that a modified capital-labour ratio, with capital adjusted for utilization and labour to refer to the number of production workers on the biggest shift, is the theoretically most suitable measure of capital-intensity...

Citation Information
David Lim. "On the measurement of capital-Intensity" Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv Vol. 112 Iss. 4 (1976) p. 760 - 766 ISSN: 0043-2636
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/davidls-lim/46/