In this thesis I study observed patterns of structural change in developing countries and how differences in sectoral composition affect economic growth and economic policy. In particular, in chapter one I ask how does international trade affect employment composition in countries with comparative advantage in agriculture. Using a model of exogenous growth, I find that countries with large concentration of agriculture in exports have a large fraction of employment in the agricultural sectoral. The model including trade, in addition to the traditional mechanisms of structural change, can account for 85% of the structural change observed in the data, while the model without trade can only account for 36% of observed changes. Moreover, as eco...
The first two sections of the paper are devoted to a combination of Kuznets and structuralist storie...
This paper presents a multisectoral general equilibrium model of the Brazilian economy in which the ...
Economic growth and development is intimately related to the decline of agriculture’s share of outpu...
In this thesis I study observed patterns of structural change in developing countries and how differ...
Labor productivity differences between developing and developed countries are much larger in agricul...
Understanding how and why economies structurally transform away from agriculture as they grow is cru...
This paper presents a simple model to examine the implication of credit market imperfections when co...
Abstract: Using dynamic panel models with data for 62 developing countries, this paper examines whet...
This dissertation focuses on agricultural productivity and locational shifts in production, and anal...
Common patterns of structural change in the sectoral composition of production, consumption and labo...
This thesis focuses on the effects of development assistance (ODA), private foreign commercial capit...
This paper attempts to explain the terms of trade adjustment and the process of capital accumulation...
Over the last twenty years, several Latin American countries have become major exporters of manufact...
This paper aims to provide a descriptive and analytical account of the extent to which agriculture i...
In this article, we discuss whether there was a single Latin American pattern of agricultural growth...
The first two sections of the paper are devoted to a combination of Kuznets and structuralist storie...
This paper presents a multisectoral general equilibrium model of the Brazilian economy in which the ...
Economic growth and development is intimately related to the decline of agriculture’s share of outpu...
In this thesis I study observed patterns of structural change in developing countries and how differ...
Labor productivity differences between developing and developed countries are much larger in agricul...
Understanding how and why economies structurally transform away from agriculture as they grow is cru...
This paper presents a simple model to examine the implication of credit market imperfections when co...
Abstract: Using dynamic panel models with data for 62 developing countries, this paper examines whet...
This dissertation focuses on agricultural productivity and locational shifts in production, and anal...
Common patterns of structural change in the sectoral composition of production, consumption and labo...
This thesis focuses on the effects of development assistance (ODA), private foreign commercial capit...
This paper attempts to explain the terms of trade adjustment and the process of capital accumulation...
Over the last twenty years, several Latin American countries have become major exporters of manufact...
This paper aims to provide a descriptive and analytical account of the extent to which agriculture i...
In this article, we discuss whether there was a single Latin American pattern of agricultural growth...
The first two sections of the paper are devoted to a combination of Kuznets and structuralist storie...
This paper presents a multisectoral general equilibrium model of the Brazilian economy in which the ...
Economic growth and development is intimately related to the decline of agriculture’s share of outpu...