Alvarez-Cuadrado, Francisco; Long, Ngo Van; Poschke, Markus - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 12 (2017) 3, pp. 1229-1266
and also encompasses these two known mechanisms. Our model shows that sectoral differences in the degree of capital …–labor substitutability-a new mechanism-are a driving force for structural change. When the flexibility to combine capital and labor differs … intensive in the input that becomes more abundant. As a result, growth rates of sectoral capital–labor ratios can differ and, if …