Structural change in a multi-sector model of growth
Ngai, L. R.
& Pissarides, C.
(2005).
Structural change in a multi-sector model of growth.
(IZA discussion paper 1800).
The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
We study a multi-sector model of growth with differences in TFP growth rates across sectors and derive sufficient conditions for the coexistence of structural change, characterized by sectoral labor reallocation, and balanced aggregate growth. The conditions are weak restrictions on the utility and production functions commonly applied by macroeconomists. Per capita output grows at the rate of labor-augmenting technological progress in the capital-producing sector and employment moves to low-growth sectors. In the limit all employment converges to two sectors, the slowest-growing consumption-goods sector and the capital-goods sector.
| Item Type | Working paper |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2007 IZA - Institute of Labor |
| Departments |
LSE > Research Centres > Centre for Economic Performance LSE > Academic Departments > Economics |
| Date Deposited | 06 May 2008 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/4656 |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1605-856X
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0695-058X