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Factor endowment, structural coherence, and economic growth /

This paper studies the linkage between structural coherence and economic growth. Structural coherence is defined as the degree that a country's industrial structure optimally reflects its factor endowment fundamentals. The paper found that at least for the overall capital, the shares of capital...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Che, Natasha Xingyuan (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2012.
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/12/165.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; IMF Working Paper; I. INTRODUCTION; II. AN ILLUSTRATIVE MODEL; III. DATA AND VARIABLES; Table; Table 1:Cross-country median industry size growth and capital intensity; Table 2: Evolution of labor income share over time; Figure; Figure 1: Evolution of labor income share by country; Figure 2: Change of shares in total capital by capital types 1970
  • 2005; Figure 3: Capital intensity by country and types of capital; Table 3: Regression of capital intensity on country capital endowment by industry; Table 4A: Summary statistics; Table 4B: Correlation between country variables.
  • IV. COUNTRY LEVEL ANALYSISA. Capital Endowment and Industrial Structure; Table 4C: Correlation between industry variables; Table 5a: Correlation between capital intensity of industrial structure and capital endowment; Table 5b: Correlation between capital intensity of industrial structure and capital endowment; B. Structural Coherence and Growth; Measuring Structural Incoherence at the Country Level; Table 6: Summary statistics of structural incoherence (SI) scores; Structural Coherence Effect on Growth; Figure 4: Evolution of structural incoherence score by country.
  • Figure 5: Decomposing the structural incoherence scoreTable 7a: Structural coherence and growth: country level regressions (v1); Table 7b: Structural coherence and growth: country level regressions (v2); Table 8a: Structural coherence and growth: country level regressions (v1), IV method; Table 8b: Structural coherence and growth: country level regressions (v2), IV method; Figure 6a: GDP growth and structural incoherence (annual); Figure 6b: GDP growth and structural incoherence (5-year window); V. INDUSTRY LEVEL ANALYSIS; A. Capital Endowment and Industrial Structure.
  • Figure 6c: GDP growth and structural incoherence (10-year window)Table 8: Overall capital and structural change: baseline estimation; Table 9: Detailed types of capital and structural change: baseline estimation; B. Structural Coherence and Economic Growth; Table 10: Structural coherence and economic growth: baseline estimates; VI. ROBUSTNESS; A. Using income share to measure factor intensity; Table 11: Capital endowments and structural change: alternative measure of capital intensity; Table 12: Structural coherence and economic growth: alternative measure of capital intensity.
  • B. Further Robustness ChecksTable 13: Overall capital endowment and structural change: additional controls; Table 14: Detailed capital endowments and structural change: additional controls; Table 15A: Structural coherence and growth: additional controls; Table 15B: Structural coherence and growth: additional controls; VII. CONCLUSION; References.