The paper proposes a model that explains cross-country growth divergences over time for different aspects of structural change. The model formalises the links between production technology, firm organisation (functional composition of employment) on the supply side and the endogenous evolution...

The paper analyses the effect of the dynamics of consumption preferences on the dynamics of macroeconomic growth. We endogenously derive microdynamics of consumption behaviour as a result of the increase in the number of income classes. The different degrees of inertia in the adjustment of...

The paper offers a review of selected topics in the empirical literature on structural change and sustainability. We focus on aspects of structural change that directly affect emissions and energy intensity: changes of the sectoral composition of economies, trade and international fragmentation...