Indexing Structural Distortion : Sectoral Productivity, Structural Change and Growth /

This paper proposes a new index of sectoral labor distortion using employment and valueadded shares. We show that this index is highly correlated with growth both crosssectionally and over time. We also use it to compare the degree of distortion among countries and identify sectors where the potenti...

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Autor principal: Ando, Sakai
Outros Autores: Ben Nassar, Koffie
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Colecção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/205
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