This paper examines the income inequality implications of a 'premature deindustrialization' trend in middle …-income countries. To identify the premature deindustrialization phase, we arrive at five conditions based on the trends in employment … and value-added share of manufacture. Among these five conditions, the first and second examine the deindustrialization …

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 …

deindustrialization based on whether the pace of deindustrialization diverges from the one implied by a theoretical benchmark of efficient … sectoral allocation. It identifies 10 episodes of premature deindustrialization, carrying negligible welfare costs, below 1 …