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Structural transformations and the lack of inclusive growth: The case of Chile

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  • Andrés Solimano
  • Gabriela Zapata-Román

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This paper describes the structural transformations that Chile has experienced in the last 50 years and how they have contributed—or not—to inclusive growth and genuine economic modernization from a historical perspective. The empirical analysis of the paper shows a premature deindustrialization process since the 1970s, continuing to the present.

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  • Andrés Solimano & Gabriela Zapata-Román, 2019. "Structural transformations and the lack of inclusive growth: The case of Chile," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2019-118, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    Chile; Deindustrialization; Inclusive growth; Inequality of income; Inequality of wealth; Inequality of opportunities; Structural transformation;
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