This paper studies the effect of a local sectoral productivity shock on subnational structural transformation. The … 2013 for Ghana. Based on the data, the analysis confirms the occurrence of a mining productivity shock. Between 2004 and … than in the north of the country. The findings show that the mining productivity shock led to growing regional (north …

the south of the country, (2) the effect of the mining output shock on output and productivity growth in other sectors …Intersectoral linkages can act as shock propagation channels and shape the pattern of structural transformation. To our … output shock that occurred in the south of Ghana leads to growing differences in intersectoral linkages between the north and …