Labour Productivity and Energy Use in a Three-Sector Model
An Application to Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7744240 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rudiger von Arnim (0000-0003-4745-5080, University of Utah, corresponding author), Codrina Rada (0000-0002-8333-8407, University of Utah, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1323-1348 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01741.x |
| OpenAlex | W2129588183 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article presents a model of a developing economy with three sectors — industry, agriculture and energy. Industry and energy are assumed to be demand-constrained, but agriculture supply-constrained. The model highlights: (a) structural transformation, through labour transfer from agriculture to industry; (b) inflation, driven by the interaction of demand and the supply constraint in agriculture; and (c) the link between energy use and labour productivity. Employing a Kaldor-Verdoorn productivity rule in industry augmented with energy intensity — energy per unit of labour — as an argument, we emphasize that labour productivity growth is driven by energy intensity rather than energy productivity growth. As a consequence, emissions reduction without North–South technology transfer and financial assistance costs growth
Agricultural productivity · Agriculture · Constraint (computer-aided design) · Economics · Energy (signal processing) · Energy supply · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Productivity · Economic Growth and Productivity · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Engineering · Global Energy and Sustainability Research
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |