Cross-country technology gap in Latin America
Growth accounting and non-parametric approaches
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20501664 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kaustav Misra (0000-0003-4726-8015, Saginaw Valley State University), Esra Memili (0000-0001-5634-4978, University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Dianne H B Welsh (0000-0003-0738-1726, University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Surender Reddy (Saginaw Valley State University), Gail E Sype (Saginaw Valley State University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 630-648 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cross Cultural Management An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1352-7606 • E-ISSN: 1758-6089 |
| Publisher | Emerald (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1108/ccm-04-2014-0043 |
| OpenAlex | W1781550627 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors influencing the total factor productivity (TFP) gap between the USA and eight Latin American countries for the period of 1970-2000. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides an explicit application of TFP estimation by employing a growth accounting approach (Solow Residual) in the presence of non-constant returns to scale and a non-parametric approach (DEA – Malmquist Index) while relaxing the scale-related constraint. A macro-based economic model of innovator and follower countries is employed to explore the linkage between technology gaps and innovations, labor productivity, trade openness, foreign direct investment, and adult workforce illiteracy rates. A pooled model and a fixed effects model are used to determine the factors of the technology gap between the innovator and the follower countries. Findings – The results show that the labor productivity gap, adult work force illiteracy rates, patent filing gap, and trade openness are significant determinants of the technology gap between innovator and follower country. Practical implications – Latin American countries would benefit from the technology diffusion from an innovator country; but a minimum threshold of human capital, such as adult workforce illiteracy rates and patent filing has to be met. The authors find government policies on trade openness also have large effects on technology limitations in foreign countries. Originality/value – This paper is of value to researchers, policy makers, and economic development specialists trying to improve the rate of technology adoption and innovation
Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Foreign direct investment · Functional illiteracy · Human capital · International trade · Latin Americans · Macroeconomics · Openness to experience · Political science · Productivity · Technology gap · Total factor productivity · Workforce · Economic Growth and Productivity · Firm Innovation and Growth · Global trade and economics
Innovation and growth in the global economy
Technology, Geography, and Trade
International R&D spillovers
Index numbers and indifference surfaces
The Economic Theory of Index Numbers and the Measurement of Input, Output, and Productivity
International Technology Diffusion
Cross-Country Technology Diffusion
Foreign direct investment and spillovers through workers’ mobility
Multinational Corporations and Spillovers
Channels and policy debate in the globalization–inequality–poverty nexus
Spillovers from foreign direct investment
Industrial Research and Technological Innovation
A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |