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Structural Change and the Kaldor Facts of Economic Growth

Foellmi, Reto; Zweimüller, Josef - 2002

We present a model in which two of the most important features of the long-run growth process are reconciled: the massive changes in the structure of production and employment; and the Kaldor facts of economic growth. We assume that households expand their consumption along a hierarchy of needs...

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Structural change in a multi-sector model of growth

Ngai, L. Rachel; Pissarides, Christopher A. - 2005

We study a multi-sector model of growth with differences in TFP growth rates across sectors and derive sufficient conditions for the coexistence of structural change, characterized by sectoral labor reallocation, and balanced aggregate growth. The conditions are weak restrictions on the utility...

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Jobless growth through creative destruction: Ireland's industrial development path 1972 - 2003

Li, Qi; Walsh, Patrick Paul; Whelan, Ciara - 2007

We document the nature of structural changes in employment to understand jobless growth in Irish Manufacturing in the aftermath of EEC/EU membership, 1972-2003. By 1972, forty years of protectionism and fifteen years of export promotion induced the coexistence of large exporting plants with...

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The farm, the city, and the emergence of social security

Caucutt, Elizabeth M.; Cooley, Thomas F.; Guner, Nezih - 2008

In this paper we study the social, demographic and economic origins of social security. The data for the U.S. and for a cross section of countries make it clear that urbanization and industrialization are strongly associated with the rise of social insurance. We describe a model economy in which...

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Structural change out of agriculture: labor push versus labor pull

Alvarez-Cuadrado, Francisco; Poschke, Markus - 2009

The process of economic development is characterized by substantial rural-urban migrations and a decreasing share of agriculture in output and employment. The literature highlights two main engines behind this process of structural change: (i) improvements in agricultural technology combined...

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Benchmarking Structural Change in Transition

Raiser, Martin; Schaffer, Mark E.; Schuchhardt, Johannes - 2003

The transition to market-based economic systems in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union involves fundamental shifts in the allocation of resources and deep changes in the structure of production and employment. This paper uses a simple model of economic...

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Regional Unemployment and Industrial Restructuring in Poland

Newell, Andrew; Pastore, Francesco - 2000

This paper studies regional unemployment inequality in Poland. We find that higher unemployment regions are those … job destruction in Poland. Econometric analysis of the determinants of employment to unemployment flows reinforces this …

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The Distribution of Wages in Transition Countries

Newell, Andrew - 2001

inequality. These changes are arguably the best guide to future trends in the wage distribution. Taking the case of Poland … in Poland, though there is no change in hourly wage inequality, structural change has had clear impacts of the …

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Changes in the Structure of Earnings During the Polish Transition

Keane, Michael P.; Prasad, Eswar S. - 2002

We document changes in the structure of earnings during the economic transition in Poland. We find that inequality in … substantially, and by similar amounts. This illustrates how even state-owned enterprises in Poland moved towards competitive wage … contrast to the U.S. and U.K. experiences, increases in within-group inequality in Poland were very different across skill …

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Effects of Religiosity on Social Behaviour: Experimental Evidence from a Representative Sample of Spaniards

Brañas-Garza, Pablo; Espín, Antonio M.; Neuman, Shoshana - 2013

This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three paradigmatic economic games: the dictator (DG), ultimatum (UG), and trust (TG) games. A large carefully designed sample of a Spanish urban adult population (N=766) is employed. From...

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