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On the Development Gap between Latin America and East Asia: Welfare, Efficiency, and Misallocation
MENDEZ-GUERRA, Carlos A.
87751
2015-02
Both long economic stagnation in Latin America and sustained growth and in East Asia imply a rapidly raising development gap between the two regions. Using a series of numerical decompositions, this article documents three facts about this gap. First, differences in welfare-adjusted development are larger than those predicted by per-capita GDP. Second, differences in labor productivity account for most of the differences in both production and welfare-adjusted development. Third, inefficient production is the main factor holding down labor productivity. Furthermore, detailed analysis of the sectorial dynamics suggests that labor misallocation across sectors had been reducing economy-wide efficiency in Latin America. In particular, premature deindustrialization (i.e., workers moving from manufacturing into services) and falling productivity in the service sector had potentially large negative effects on efficiency, productivity, and welfare-adjusted development.
departmental bulletin paper
名古屋大学大学院国際開発研究科
2015-02
国際開発研究フォーラム
3
45
39
62
Forum of International Development Studies
2189-9126
1341-3732
eng