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Leontief’s scheme and Sraffa’s model are significant examples in the field of linear models of analyses based on the hypothesis of heterogeneous capital goods and homogeneous labour. This paper, instead, sets out to present the case of a non-homogeneous labour force within the framework of the same models and to examine some of the first implications.1
The authors wish to thank C. Beretta, C. Filippini, T. Ishikawa, K. Laski, S. Parrinello and R. Solow for comments and helpful criticism. They naturally remain responsible for the matrix of residual errors.
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Filippini, L., Scanlon, J., Tarantelli, E. (1983). Towards a Linear Model of Non-homogeneous Labour. In: Streeten, P., Maier, H. (eds) Human Resources, Employment and Development Volume 2: Concepts, Measurement and Long-Run Perspective. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17203-0_3
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