Manufacturing matters...but it's the jobs that count

Abstract We assemble a large database of countries' manufacturing employment and output shares for 1970-2010. We ask whether increased global competition and labor-displacing technological change have made it more difficult for countries to industrialize in employment, and whether there are alt...

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Published in:Cambridge journal of economics 2019-01, Vol.43 (1), p.139-168
Main Authors: Felipe, Jesus, Mehta, Aashish, Rhee, Changyong
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