The Economics of Technology and Employment

Theory and Empirical Evidence

Marco Vivarelli, Catholic University of Piacenza, Italy

技术变化的影响在employment is investigated in this important new book which offers a critical appraisal of how far current economic analysis and theory can deal with this key policy issue.

‘. . . the book covers in an interesting and useful way a wide range of issues, systematically connected with an enlarged assessment of the compensation theory.’
– P. Petit, Journal of Economics

‘I commend this book most strongly to economists throughout the industrialized world since unemployment is the greatest social and economic problem confronting us today.’
– International Labour Review

‘Vivarelli’s book is an exceptionally valuable contribution for three reasons. First, it provides an excellent analysis and critique of classical and neoclassical theories of technical change and employment. Secondly, it extends this discussion to the contemporary theoretical debate. Finally, it develops a macroeconomic model to test the compensation theory against the recent evidence. This test is carried out both for a major European country – Italy – and for the USA. The results of this test are extremely interesting for theorists and even more importantly for policymakers. . . . I commend this book most strongly to economists throughout the industrialized world since unemployment is the greatest social and economic problem confronting us today.’
– From the preface by Christopher Freeman, SPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, UK and Maastricht University, The Netherlands