Energy, employment and balance of payments: implications of technology choice in the energy and textile sectors in the Republic of Korea

Haider Khan ()

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper examining the impact of choice of technology on employment creation, energy, balance of payments and income distribution with partic. Emphasis on the petroleum industry and textile industry in Korea R - applying a social accounting matrix, discusses imnplications, complementarity and substitution possibilities of energy and non-energy production functions for alternative means of production, and tests the hypothesis that labour intensive techniques are more energy-intensive. Bibliography pp. 51 to 53 and references.

Keywords: choice of technology; employment creation; energy; balance of payments; income distribution; petroleum industry.; textile industry; production function; labour intensive employment.; choix de technologie; création d'emploi; énergie; balance des paiements; répartition du revenu; industrie pétrolière; industrie textile; fonction de production; emploi à forte intensité de main-d'oeuvre; elección de tecnología; creación de empleos; energía; balanza de pagos; distribución del ingreso; industria del petróleo; industria textil; función de la producción; empleo con alto coeficiente de mano de obra (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 53 P. pages
Date: 1982
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Published in World Employment Programme Research working paper. WEP 2-22, Technology and Employment Programme

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