Industry Switching in Developing Countries

Carol Newman, John Rand and Finn Tarp

No wp-2011-049, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Firm turnover (i.e. firm entry and exit) is a well-recognized source of sector level productivity growth across developing and developed countries. In contrast, the role and importance of firms switching activities from one sector to another is little understood. Firm switchers are likely to be unique both from newly established entrants and exiting firms that close down. We build an empirical model that examines switching behaviour based on data from Vietnamese manufacturing firms during the period 2001-08.

Keywords: Industrial organization (Economic theory); Industrial productivity; Labour economics; Manufacturing; Panel analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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