Empirical evidence on the geometrical properties of structural change trajectories

Stijepic, Denis (2017): Empirical evidence on the geometrical properties of structural change trajectories.

Abstract

We study the long-run labor reallocation dynamics in the three-sector framework relating to agriculture, manufacturing, and services. In particular, we depict the labor reallocation data provided by Maddison (1995) and WorldBank on standard simplexes, study the geometrical properties of the implied vector field, and derive the geometrical properties of stylized labor reallocation trajectories. Moreover, we discuss how these properties can be explained by the standard structural change literature and used for structural change analysis and prediction.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: structural change; sectors; labor; reallocation; long run; dynamics; trajectory; simplex; geometry; vector
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O41 - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models

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