New Views Of Structural Transformation: Insights From Recent Literature

Douglas Gollin () and Joseph Kaboski

No 31905, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper describes an emerging literature in economics that aims to merge macro issues of structural change and growth with micro data and analysis. This literature focuses on a set of related patterns of change that accompany the processes of growth and development. Traditionally, the focus has been on industrialization – and more broadly the reallocation of employment and economic activity from agriculture to manufacturing and services. The new literature considers a broader set of transformations: from rural to urban, from home to market (and from market to home), from informal to formal, and from self-employment to wage work. Drawing on new data sources, including micro data and administrative records, the literature tries to understand the complex interactions of a broad set of market failures, policy distortions, and impediments to the growth process. In broadening the understanding of structural transformation – to encompass processes beyond industrialization – this literature opens the door to a richer understanding of the processes of growth and a wider set of potential levers for policy.

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Date: 2023-11
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Published as Douglas Gollin & Joseph P. Kaboski, 2023. "New views of structural transformation: insights from recent literature," Oxford Development Studies, vol 51(4), pages 339-361.

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