Dualism and cross-country growth regressions

Jonathan Temple () and Ludger Wößmann ()
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Ludger Woessmann ()

No Ifo Working Paper No. 33, Ifo Working Paper Series from Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich

Abstract: This paper develops empirical growth models suitable for dual economies, and studiesthe relationship between structural change and economic growth. Changes in the structureof employment will raise aggregate productivity when the marginal product of labourvaries across sectors. The models in the paper incorporate this effect in a moreflexible way than previous work. Estimates of the models imply sizeable marginalproduct differentials, and indicate that the reallocation of labour makes a significantcontribution to the international variation in productivity growth.

Keywords: Structural change; dualism; wage differentials; TFP growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O11 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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