Replication data for: Structural Change Out of Agriculture: Labor Push versus Labor Pull
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Project Citation:
Alvarez-Cuadrado, Francisco, and Poschke, Markus. Replication data for: Structural Change Out of Agriculture: Labor Push versus Labor Pull. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2011. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114222V1
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Summary:
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A declining agricultural employment share is a key feature of economic development. Its main drivers are: improvements in agricultural technology combined with Engel's law release resources from agriculture ("labor push"), and improvements in industrial technology attract labor out of agriculture ("labor pull"). We present a
model with both channels and evaluate the importance using data on 12 industrialized countries since the nineteenth century. Results suggest
that the "pull" channel dominated until 1920 and the "push" channel dominated after 1960. The "pull" channel mattered more in countries in early stages of the structural transformation. This contrasts with modeling choices in recent literature. (JEL E23, N10, N53, O10, O47).
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JEL Classification:
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E23 Macroeconomics: Production
N10 Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: General, International, or Comparative
N53 Economic History: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries: Europe: Pre-1913
O10 Economic Development: General
O47 Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
E23 Macroeconomics: Production
N10 Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: General, International, or Comparative
N53 Economic History: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries: Europe: Pre-1913
O10 Economic Development: General
O47 Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
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