 Evidence for Middle‐Income Trap Non‐occurrence in the Light of KLEMS Growth Accounting for PolandDariusz Kotlewski and Mirosław Błażej Review of Income and Wealth, 2022, vol. 68, issue S1, S22-S51 Abstract: There is an ongoing discussion that many middle‐income countries are on the brink of the so‐called Middle‐income Trap, if not already stuck in it. The case of the Polish economy is analyzed, as an example of a Central‐Eastern Europe economy, to solve whether this is actually happening. Thanks to KLEMS growth accounting datasets published by Statistics Poland an analysis on this issue became feasible, showing that for Poland the assertion of the middle‐income trap threat has to be rejected after observing the growth distribution between industries, and particularly their growth decompositions into factor and MFP contributions. Extending this research to some other countries may possibly confirm that, just as for Poland, this “trap” is not taking place (or the converse). Although not solving the theoretical nexus on the middle‐income trap notion, these findings can be interesting for Central‐Eastern Europe economies’ researchers and the possible ongoing discussion. Date: 2022 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:revinw:v:68:y:2022:i:s1:p:s22-s51 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Review of Income and Wealth is currently edited by Conchita D'Ambrosio and Robert J. Hill More articles in Review of Income and Wealth from International Association for Research in Income and Wealth Contact information at EDIRC. |
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