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An Empirical Analysis of the Lewis-Ranis-FEi Theory of Dualistic Economic Development for China

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  • Marco G. Ercolani
  • Zheng Wei

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We employ the Lewis-Ranis-Fei theory of dualistic economic development as a framework to investigate China's rapid growth over 1965-2002. We find that China's economic growth is mainly attributable to the development of the non-agricultural (industrial and service) sector, driven by rapid labour migration and capital accumulation. Our estimates of the sectoral marginal productivity of labour indicate that China's 1978 Economic Reform coincided with moving from phase one to phase tow growth, as defined in the Lewis-Ranis-Fei model. This implies that phase three growth could be achieved by commercialisation of the Chinese agricultural labour market.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Birmingham in its series Discussion Papers with number 10-06.

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Length: 40 pages
Date of creation: Jan 2010
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Handle: RePEc:bir:birmec:10-06

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Keywords: agricultural; development; dualistic growth; labour migration; subsistence;

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