Push, Pull, and Population Size Effects in Structural Development: Long-run Trade-offs

Oksana Leukhina and Stephen J Turnovsky

JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, 2016, vol. 82, issue 4, 423-457

Abstract: The process of structural transformation from the farm to a nonfarm sector is accompanied by technological change in both sectors and massive population growth. We investigate the effects of increasing population size (the population effect) and sector-specific productivity (the push and pull effects), both factor-neutral and factor-biased, in a parsimonious general equilibrium model under general forms of utility and production functions. All three effects may co-exist and interact in important ways. Generalizing the agricultural sector production function to CES is crucial for the population growth effect. Our analysis highlights how the relative importance of the three effects changes as the country develops and production and consumption conditions become more flexible.

Keywords: Structural transformation; Urbanization; Industrialization; Technological progress; Population growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E00 J10 O11 O41 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-12-01
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