Part 2: Task-Based Theories of Production Section 5 Task-Based Model of Production¶ Read this section across its overview and subsection pages. Overview Overview Subsection 5.1 Occupations as task bundles Subsection 5.2 Canonical task-based model: capital and labor Subsection 5.3 Task assignment and comparative advantage Subsection 5.4 Input demand and input shares Subsection 5.5 Comparative statics of task assignment Subsection 5.6 The link to aggregate production functions Subsection 5.7 Tasks cheatsheet Subsection 5.8 The Ricardian roots of task assignment Subsection 5.9 David Ricardo and machinery: Capital substituting labor is a longstanding issue Back to this Part