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The Factory-Free Economy : Outsourcing, Servitization and the Future of Industry
Fontagne, Lionel - 2017
future. This paper summarizes the key themes emerging from a conference on de-industrialization. De-industrialization is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965957
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Premature Deindustrialization
Rodrik, Dani - 2015
I document a significant deindustrialization trend in recent decades, that goes considerably beyond the advanced, post … deindustrialization has potentially significant economic and political ramifications, including lower economic growth and democratic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028557
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Industrial Catching Up in the Poor Periphery 1870-1975
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2011
that accelerated even more up to 1950-1975. What explains the spread of the industrial revolution world-wide and this … to have taken resource advantages away from the European and North American leaders, and integrating world financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129186
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Unconditional Convergence
Rodrik, Dani - 2011
Unlike economies as a whole, manufacturing industries exhibit unconditional convergence in labor productivity. The paper documents this finding for 4-digit manufacturing sectors for a large group of developed and developing countries over the period since 1990. The coefficient of unconditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119042
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Convergence and Modernization Revisited
Barro, Robert J. - 2012
particularly the incorporation of China and India into the world market economy. For 29 countries since 1919, the levels and trends …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101830
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"Convergence in the Age of Mass Migration"
Taylor, Alan M. - 2013
Between 1870 and 1913, economic convergence among present OECD members (or even a wider sample of countries) was dramatic, about as dramatic as it has been over the past century and a half. The convergence can be documented in GDP per worker-hour, GDP per capita and in real wages. What were the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013093434
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Which Parts of Globalization Matter for Catch-Up Growth?
Romer, Paul M. - 2014
Economists devote too much attention to international flows of goods and services and not enough to international flows of ideas. Traditional trade flows are an imperfect substitute for flows of the underlying ideas. The simplest textbook trade model shows that a welfare-enhancing move toward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070271
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Globalization, Democracy and Development
Braga de Macedo, Jorge - 2013
This paper addresses the interactions between globalization, the quality of democracy, and economic convergence using simultaneous estimation techniques. To reflect process, we use multi-dimensional, de facto, and continuous measures of democracy and globalization. To reflect context, as defined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073949
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The Global Productivity Slump : Common and Country-Specific Factors
Eichengreen, Barry - 2015
Productivity growth is slowing around the world. In 2014, according to the Conference Board's Total Economy Data Base …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015545
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Globalization and the Great Divergence : Terms of Trade Booms and Volatility in the Poor Periphery 1782-1913
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2008
trade forces produced rising primary product specialization and de-industrialization in the poor periphery. More recently …, modern economists argue that volatility reduces growth in the poor periphery. This paper assess these de-industrialization … divergence between core and periphery. Third, the boom and its de-industrialization impact was only part of the story; growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772451