Productivity and Factor Proportions in Less Developed Countries: The Case of Industrial Firms in the Congo |
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adopted advanced country African employees African labour African workers BASIC STATISTICAL DATA Belgian Belgium capital-intensity cement plants cent changes of L/O Chanic choice of techniques Cico Cimenkat companies comparatively Congo considered copper cost and market cost of African cost of labour decline of L/O decrease efficiency of labour entrepreneur equipment European employees factor price ratio factor proportions figures firms higher Hirschman's increase input coefficients isocost lines isoquants K/O and K/L K/O differentials Katanga labour coefficient labour cost differentials larger less developed country long-run changes Luéna machine-paced operations mechanization metallurgy modern technique nique old technique open-pit mining post-war period process-centred industries production function production workers productivity and factor productivity differentials progress effect rate of capacity relative cost relative factor cost relative share rise of K/L scale effect Sogéchim substitution effect sulphuric acid Symétain t₁ t₂ Table technical knowledge tend three effects transition UMHK unit cost Utexléo Yearly statistical data