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Regional Differences in Intersectoral Linkages and Diverse Patterns of Structural Transformation

Paul, Saumik; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2022

Intersectoral linkages can act as shock propagation channels and shape the pattern of structural transformation. To our knowledge, no research has examined how subnational differences in intersectoral linkages impact such spillover effects. We hypothesize that regional differences in local...

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The Effects of FDI Liberalization on Structural Transformation and Demographic Change: Evidence from China

Erten, Bilge; Leight, Jessica; Zhu, Lianming - 2023

How does foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization shape structural transformation and demographic change in developing countries? We provide new evidence on this question using five waves of Chinese census data between 1990 and 2015, exploiting quasi-exogenous variation in FDI...

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Racial Heterogeneity in the U.S. Structural Transformation and Regional Convergence

Kim, Minki; Lee, Munseob - 2023

Structural transformation and regional convergence in U.S. income have been long-standing trends. Caselli and Coleman (2001) discovered that 60% of regional convergence between the U.S. South and North from 1940 to 1990 is due to structural transformation. Our replication confirms these robust...

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Modernization of agriculture and long-term growth

Yang, Dennis Tao; Zhu, Xiaodong - 2010

This paper develops a two-sector model that illuminates the role played by agricultural modernization in the transition from stagnation to growth. When agriculture relies on traditional technology, industrial development reduces the relative price of industrial products, but has a limited effect...

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Gender Gaps and the Rise of the Service Economy

Ngai, Liwa Rachel; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2014

This paper investigates the role of the rise of services in the narrowing of gender gaps in hours and wages in recent decades. We document the between-industry component of the rise in female work for the U.S., and propose a model economy with goods, services and home production, in which women...

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Growth and Poverty in Africa: Shifting Fortunes and New Perspectives

Shimeles, Abebe - 2014

poverty has been a subject of controversy. This paper brings into focus recent evidence on the pace of poverty reduction in … suggest that there is credible evidence for poverty to have declined significantly since the 1990s but at a lesser speed than … growth in per capita GDP. More importantly, global poverty tends to respond much more strongly to shifts in sector of …

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Structural Change and Inequality in Africa

Morsy, Hanan; Shimeles, Abebe; Nabassaga, Tiguene - 2021

This paper examines how inequality could be tackled through structural transformation using unit record data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for Africa. Results suggest inequality between countries tends to be higher when the share of labor employed or value-added in the...

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Understanding Climate Damages: Consumption versus Investment

Casey, Gregory; Fried, Stephie; Gibson, Matthew - 2021

Existing climate-economy models use aggregate damage functions to model the effects of climate change. This approach assumes climate change has equal impacts on the productivity of firms that produce consumption and investment goods or services. We show the split between damage to consumption...

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Barriers to Growth-Enhancing Structural Transformation: The Role of Subnational Differences in Intersectoral Productivity Gaps

Paul, Saumik; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2021

The movement of workers from the farm sector to a more productive nonfarm sector has failed to generate significant gains in labor productivity in recent decades in many developing countries. This paper offers a new perspective into the barriers to growth-enhancing structural transformation,...

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Capital Fundamentalism and Structural Transformation

Tohari, Achmad; Parsons, Christopher; Rammohan, Anu - 2021

We revisit the role of Capital Fundamentalism, in the context of the Government of Indonesia's Inpres Desa Tertinggal (IDT or Left Behind Village) Program, which injected capital into poor village economies. We evaluate the impact of the program on village welfare and structural transformation...

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