Productivity Differences Between and Within Countries

Daron Acemoglu and Melissa Dell

No 15155, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We document substantial within-country (cross-municipality) differences in incomes for a large number of countries in the Americas. A significant fraction of the within-country differences cannot be explained by observed human capital. We conjecture that the sources of within-country and between-country differences are related. As a first step towards a united framework, we propose a simple model incorporating both differences in technological know-how across countries and differences in productive efficiency within countries.

JEL-codes: O18 O40 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-07
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Published as Daron Acemoglu & Melissa Dell, 2010. "Productivity Differences between and within Countries," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 2(1), pages 169-88, January.

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