Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/59155 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Center Discussion Paper No. 984
Publisher: 
Yale University, Economic Growth Center, New Haven, CT
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.
Subjects: 
technology adoption review
JEL: 
O10
O13
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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