Can Labour-Savings, Capital-Intensive Production Techniques Reduce Unemployment Rates in Developing Countries? Evidence from Malaysia
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Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General (includes data sources); One; Two; and Multi-sector Growth Models; Technological Change; Research and Development;All these keywords.
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- O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
- O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
- O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
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