Avoiding the trap: The dynamic interaction of North-South capital mobility and technology diffusion: Discursive Framing as a Means of Coping with Working Poverty

Laura Jordan, Michael Hübler

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Abstract

This paper analyzes a stylized model of international capital mobility and diffusion of embodied technologies from North to South. The South can fall behind in terms of technologies or get trapped in a situation in which it is unable to attract foreign capital and embodied technologies if it is too far away from the technology frontier and if its absorptive capacity is too low. The paper reconciles the view that technological catching up is stronger the larger the technology gap with the alternative view that technological catching up is strongest at a medium technology gap. The closer the South is to the technology frontier the more beneficial is a higher income share of foreign capital. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationJournal of International Trade and Economic Development|J. Int. Trade Econ. Dev.
Place of PublicationBasingstoke
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan Ltd
Pages401-427
Number of pages26
Volume20
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2011

Publication series

NameCritical Perspectives on Work and Employment
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

Keywords

  • Absorptive capacity
  • Capital mobility
  • FDI
  • Human capital
  • Technology diffusion
  • Technology transfer

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