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dc.contributor.author | Hollstein, Till Ferdinand | - |
dc.contributor.author | Estévez, Kristian | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-30T13:24:22Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-06-30T13:24:22Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1136-8365 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/113164 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In a closed (open) economy with a learning-by-doing externality in the manufacturing sector, Matsuyama (1992) found a positive (negative) link between the level of agricultural productivity and economic growth. We extend that framework by introducing a labor subsidy to induce industrialization. We make three contributions to the existing literature. First, we show that a comparative advantage in manufacturing is not a necessary condition for a small open economy to industrialize. Relative sectoral TFP growth determines whether the fraction of labor in manufacturing increases over time. Second, the timing of trade liberalization determines structural development and the use of a labor subsidy can allow a small open economy to industrialize early. Third, we analyze the labor subsidy when there is trade among two open economies. We find that there exists a unique subsidy which enables both economies to industrialize. Therefore, a country with a comparative advantage in producing the manufactured good could benefit from their trading partner using labor subsidies compared to not trading with them at all. | - |
dc.format.extent | 30 p. | - |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
dc.language.iso | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Universitat de Barcelona. Facultat d'Economia i Empresa | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | UB Economics – Working Papers, 2017, E17/361 | - |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | [WP E-Eco17/361] | - |
dc.rights | cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Hollstein et al., 2017 | - |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | - |
dc.source | UB Economics – Working Papers [ERE] | - |
dc.subject.classification | Subvencions | - |
dc.subject.classification | Contractació externa | - |
dc.subject.classification | Industrialització | - |
dc.subject.classification | Comerç internacional | - |
dc.subject.other | Subsidies | - |
dc.subject.other | Contracting out | - |
dc.subject.other | Industrialization | - |
dc.subject.other | International trade | - |
dc.title | Industrial Policy and the Timing of Trade Liberalization | - |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper | - |
dc.date.updated | 2017-06-30T13:24:22Z | - |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | - |
Appears in Collections: | UB Economics – Working Papers [ERE] Documents de treball / Informes (Economia) |
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