Sectoral Decomposition of Convergence in Labor Productivity : A Re-examination from a New Dataset

This paper investigates how the sector-specific source or the changing sectoral composition of labor productivity has contributed to aggregate beta convergence, using a newly constructed eight-sector database. The main findings are twofold. First,...

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Main Authors:	Dieppe, Alistair, Matsuoka, Hideaki
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	LABOR PRODUCTIVITY SHIFT-SHARE DECOMPOSITION NEW SECTORAL DATABASE SECTOR REALLOCATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY CONVERGENCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/490901630527256426/Sectoral-Decomposition-of-Convergence-in-Labor-Productivity-A-Re-examination-from-a-New-Dataset http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36232

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spelling	okr-10986-362322021-09-03T05:10:38Z Sectoral Decomposition of Convergence in Labor Productivity : A Re-examination from a New Dataset Dieppe, Alistair Matsuoka, Hideaki LABOR PRODUCTIVITY SHIFT-SHARE DECOMPOSITION NEW SECTORAL DATABASE SECTOR REALLOCATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY CONVERGENCE This paper investigates how the sector-specific source or the changing sectoral composition of labor productivity has contributed to aggregate beta convergence, using a newly constructed eight-sector database. The main findings are twofold. First, both within and sectoral reallocation have become important drivers of aggregate convergence in labor productivity. Second, agricultural productivity growth has been a significant contributor to aggregate convergence, whereas catch-up in other sectors has only contributed a small amount to convergence. The strong growth of the agriculture sector has been the most important driver of aggregate productivity convergence even though agricultural productivity itself in low-income countries is weakly converging to that in advanced economies. 2021-09-02T18:51:29Z 2021-09-02T18:51:29Z 2021-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/490901630527256426/Sectoral-Decomposition-of-Convergence-in-Labor-Productivity-A-Re-examination-from-a-New-Dataset http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36232 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9767 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic	LABOR PRODUCTIVITY SHIFT-SHARE DECOMPOSITION NEW SECTORAL DATABASE SECTOR REALLOCATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY CONVERGENCE
spellingShingle	LABOR PRODUCTIVITY SHIFT-SHARE DECOMPOSITION NEW SECTORAL DATABASE SECTOR REALLOCATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY CONVERGENCE Dieppe, Alistair Matsuoka, Hideaki Sectoral Decomposition of Convergence in Labor Productivity : A Re-examination from a New Dataset
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9767
description	This paper investigates how the sector-specific source or the changing sectoral composition of labor productivity has contributed to aggregate beta convergence, using a newly constructed eight-sector database. The main findings are twofold. First, both within and sectoral reallocation have become important drivers of aggregate convergence in labor productivity. Second, agricultural productivity growth has been a significant contributor to aggregate convergence, whereas catch-up in other sectors has only contributed a small amount to convergence. The strong growth of the agriculture sector has been the most important driver of aggregate productivity convergence even though agricultural productivity itself in low-income countries is weakly converging to that in advanced economies.
format	Working Paper
author	Dieppe, Alistair Matsuoka, Hideaki
author_facet	Dieppe, Alistair Matsuoka, Hideaki
author_sort	Dieppe, Alistair
title	Sectoral Decomposition of Convergence in Labor Productivity : A Re-examination from a New Dataset
title_short	Sectoral Decomposition of Convergence in Labor Productivity : A Re-examination from a New Dataset
title_full	Sectoral Decomposition of Convergence in Labor Productivity : A Re-examination from a New Dataset
title_fullStr	Sectoral Decomposition of Convergence in Labor Productivity : A Re-examination from a New Dataset
title_full_unstemmed	Sectoral Decomposition of Convergence in Labor Productivity : A Re-examination from a New Dataset
title_sort	sectoral decomposition of convergence in labor productivity : a re-examination from a new dataset
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/490901630527256426/Sectoral-Decomposition-of-Convergence-in-Labor-Productivity-A-Re-examination-from-a-New-Dataset http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36232
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