@techreport{Foster2010Microeconomics,
abstract = {There is an emerging consensus among macro-economists that differences in technology across countries account for the major differences in per-capita GDP and the wages of workers with similar skills across countries. Accounting for differences in technology levels across countries thus can go a long way towards understanding global inequality. One mechanism by which poorer countries can catch up with richer countries is through technological diffusion, the adoption by low-income countries of the advanced technologies produced in high-income countries. In this survey, we examine recent micro studies that focus on understanding the adoption process. If technological diffusion is a major channel by which poor countries can develop, it must be the case that technology adoption is incomplete or the inputs associated with the technologies are under-utilized in poor, or slow-growing economies. Thus, obtaining a better understanding of the constraints on adoption is useful in understanding a major component of  growth.},
address = {New Haven, Conn.},
author = {Andrew D. Foster and Mark R. Rosenzweig},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {O10; O13; O33; 330; technology adoption review; Mikro\"{o}konomik; Technologietransfer; Lernprozess; Entwicklungsl\"{a}nder},
language = {eng},
number = {984},
publisher = {Yale Univ., Economic Growth Center},
title = {Microeconomics of technology adoption},
type = {Center Discussion Paper, Economic Growth Center},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/59155},
year = {2010}
}
