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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013332119
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Lockdown accounting
Gottlieb, Charles; Grobovsek, Jan; Poschke, Markus; … - 2020
We measure the effect of lockdown policies on employment and GDP across countries using individual- and sector-level data. Employment effects depend on the ability to work from home, which ranges from about half of total employment in rich countries to around 35% in poor countries. This gap...
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Are we there yet? : time for checks and balances on new institutionalism
Iyigun, Murat - 2012
New institutionalism has had considerable success during the last decade in shepherding the debate on sustained economic development. If the sociopolitical, legal and economic transformations in the Anglo-Saxon world in the last three decades prove anything, however, it is that the late Mancur...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009631449
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530812
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Left-handedness and economic development
Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Pensieroso, Luca - 2021
This paper studies the interplay between left-handedness and economic development. To explain the decline and subsequent recovery of left-handedness observed over the last few centuries in the Western world, we propose a theory in which economic development influences the prevalence of...
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Geographical origins and economic consequences of language structures
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer; Sarid, Assaf - 2016
This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher return to agricultural investment, larger gender gap in...
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Capital fundamentalism and structural transformation
Tohari, Achmad; Parsons, Christopher R.; 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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Structural change and inequality in Africa
Morsy, Hanan; Shimeles, Abebe; Nabassaga, Tiguéné - 2021
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for Africa. Results suggest inequality between countries tends to be higher when the share of … inequality in Africa. Other factors correlated strongly with inequality reduction include human capital which tend to have large … and significant income or asset equalizing effect in Africa, particularly at higher level of education. Growth in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012704919
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Structural transformation and income distribution : kuznets and beyond
Kanbur, Ravi - 2017
This paper explores the question of structural transformation and income distribution through the eyes of the pioneer in such analysis, Simon Kuznets. It argues that his 1955 paper stands the test of time in providing insights which are relevant to understanding current phenomena like the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631507