Complementarity and Transition to Modern Economic Growth
In developing countries, the gradual transition to modern growth seems puzzling given the large productivity growth gap between traditional and modern sectors. We document this transition and develop a theory that resolves this puzzle. The key forces are sector-specific complementarity between work-experience and labor, and exogenous technical progress present only in the modern sector. Using nationally representative micro data from the Socio-Economic Survey of Thailand (1976-1996), we measure the theory by estimating cross-sectional earnings functions, and assess if the model jointly captures the observed transition dynamics of earnings growth and inequality. The model successfully explains the gradual transition, stagnation then take-off of aggregate earnings, and the rise and fall of experience-earnings profiles in Thailand.
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| Length: | 39 pages |
| Date of creation: | Feb 2006 |
| Handle: | RePEc:scp:wpaper:06-44 |
| Contact details of provider: | Phone: (213) 740-3521 Fax: (213) 740-3522 Web page: http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/economics/IEPR/ More information through EDIRC
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