productivity growth in Malaysia. Using data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia from 1987 to 2018 and decompositions that … structural transformation but instead to sustained growth in within-sector labor productivity. At 3 percent, the contribution of …, the main policy challenge for Malaysia going forward will be to achieve sustainable labor productivity growth within …

countries used to document our patterns. We find that sector-biased productivity growth is important for deindustrialization by …We add to recent evidence on deindustrialization and document a new pattern: increasing industry polarization over time … primary driving forces, sector-biased productivity growth and sectoral trade integration. We calibrate the model to the same …

, productivity, concentration, and structural change, and whether patterns arise in a systematic way. We unveil a set of regularities … in the behaviour of these variables for both sets of countries and depending on the productivity level and the level of … above variables according to the productivity level and the level of external financial dependence of industries. This study …