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Microeconomics of Technology Adoption

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Foster, Andrew D., Rosenzweig, Mark R.·2010·Annual Review of Economics
DOI 10.1146/annurev.economics.102308.124433PMC PMC3876794
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Differences in technology levels across countries account for a large component of the differences in wages and per-capita GDP across countries worldwide. This article reviews micro studies of the adoption of new technologies and the use of inputs complementary with new technologies to shed light on the barriers to technology diffusion in low-income countries. Among the factors examined affecting decisions pertaining to technology choice and input allocations are the financial and nonfinancial returns to adoption, one's own learning and social learning, technological externalities, scale economies, schooling, credit constraints, risk and incomplete insurance, and departures from behavioral rules implied by simple models of rationality.

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Authors
Foster, A. D., & Rosenzweig, M. R.
Affiliations
  • Brown University (US)
  • Yale University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Annual Review of Economics
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Published
2010-09-04
Volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
395-424
ISSN
  • 1941-1383 (ISSN-L)
  • 1941-1391
DOI
10.1146/annurev.economics.102308.124433
PMC
PMC3876794
OpenAlex
W2117834723
Cited by
1,055
References
45
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annual Review of Economics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R24HD041020)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Global trade and economics
Keywords
technology adoption, technology diffusion, low-income countries, complementary inputs, social learning, technological externalities, economies of scale, school education, credit constraints, behavioral economics, wage differentials, GDP per capita

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