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Structural change and income inequality: Evidence from Thailand

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  • Peter Warr
  • Arief Anshory Yusuf

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Structural change means a long-term change in the composition of economic output: agriculture, industry, and services. First, we describe this process in the context of Thailand. Second, we analyse its causes using a simple, comparative static computable general equilibrium model of the Thai economy, operated in long-run mode.

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  • Peter Warr & Arief Anshory Yusuf, 2025. "Structural change and income inequality: Evidence from Thailand," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2025-20, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. David Vines & Peter Warr, 2003. "Thailand's investment-driven boom and crisis," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 55(3), pages 440-466, July.
    2. Peter G. Warr, 1999. "What Happened to Thailand?," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(5), pages 631-650, July.
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