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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...

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Understanding the Distributional Impacts of Increases in Fuel Prices on Poverty and Inequality in Paraguay

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; de Ervin, Lyliana; … - 2023

The recent global increases in fuel prices threaten the gains in poverty reduction that countries like Paraguay have … analyzes the potential effects of fuel prices on poverty and inequality in Paraguay. Using microsimulation methods and based on … more regressive in Paraguay. At the same time, the results of the simulations indicate small effects on income inequality …

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Illegal Migration and Consumption Behavior of Immigrant Households

Dustmann, Christian - 2016

We analyze the effect of immigrants' legal status on their consumption behavior using unique survey data that samples both documented and undocumented immigrants. To address the problem of sorting into legal status, we propose two alternative identification strategies as exogenous source of...

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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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Inequality and Specialization : The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs in the United States

Autor, David H. - 2015

After a decade in which wages and employment fell precipitously in low-skill occupations and expanded in high-skill occupations, the shape of U.S. earnings and job growth sharply polarized in the 1990s. Employment shares and relative earnings rose in both low and high-skill jobs, leading to a...

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Structural Transformation and Spillovers from Industrial Areas

Blakeslee, David - 2018

Like many developing countries, India features a variety of land-use restrictions that make it difficult to establish industrial firms on agricultural lands. Such policies have received some of the blame for the slow pace of industrialization, and there is widespread agreement on the need for...

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Globalization, Structural Change and Innovation in Emerging Economies : The Impact on Employment and Skills

Vivarelli, Marco - 2018

This paper aims to provide a critical overview of the drivers that the relevant theoretical and empirical literature suggests being crucial in dealing with the challenges an emerging country may encounter in its attempts to further catch-up a higher income status, with a particular focus devoted...

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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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Regional Structural Change and the Effects of Job Loss

Arntz, Melanie; Ivanov, Boris; Pohlan, Laura - 2022

Routine-intensive occupations have been declining in many countries, but how does this affect individual workers careers if this decline is particularly severe in their local labor market? This paper uses administrative data from Germany and a matched difference-in-differences approach to show...

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Immigration and Structural Change : Evidence from Post-War Germany

Braun, Sebastian - 2012

Does immigration accelerate sectoral change towards high-productivity sectors? This paper uses the mass displacement of ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe to West Germany after World War II as a natural experiment to study this question. A simple two-sector model of the economy, in which moving...

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