What Explains Latin America's Low Share of Industrial Employment ? (English)

This paper investigates the relative importance of different channels in explaining the low share of industrial employment in Latin America relative to the economies that employ a large share of the workforce in industry. Differences in domestic final consumption shares play a pivotal role and can account for 50-70 percent of the industrial share gap. The paper finds limited support for the comparative advantage hypothesis, as differences in trading...

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Sinha,Rishabh;
Document Date
2019/03/25
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8791
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Latin America,
Disclosure Date
2019/03/25
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
What Explains Latin America's Low Share of Industrial Employment ?
Keywords
Manufacturing

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Sinha,Rishabh.

What Explains Latin America's Low Share of Industrial Employment ? (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8791 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/444171553534517423

What Explains Latin America's Low Share of Industrial Employment ? (English)

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