Industrialization experiences differ substantially across countries. We use a benchmark model of structural change to … countries can generate variation in industrialization experiences similar to those found in the data, including premature …

Classic Big Push industrialization envisions state planners coordinating economic activity to internalize a range of …

, the European periphery, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia). Intensive and extensive industrial …

, the European periphery, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia). Intensive and extensive industrial …

, raising average wages significantly, which in turn facilitated industrialization. We analyze the rise of this first socio …

Middle East and North Africa, Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa) between 1870 and 2007. We find that although the roots of rapid … peripheral industrialization stretch into the late 19th century, the high point of peripheral industrialization was the 1950 …-1973 period, which saw widespread import- substituting industrialization. This period was also the high point of unconditional …