De-industrialisation and the post-communist transition: Rowthorn and Wells' model revisited

Tomasz Mickiewicz, Anna Zalewska

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Abstract

In this paper we present a simple three-sector model explaining the structural change in employment, which is a modified version of Rowthorn-Wells (1987). We supplement the theoretical analysis with simple econometric tests, which illustrate how the modified Rowthorn-Wells model can be used to (i) motivate empirical estimates of the link between the level of development and structures of employment, (ii) illustrate structural distortions under the command economies, and the structural adjustment that happened during the post-Communist transition. We demonstrate that in the case of these economies, the transition process leads to an adjustment to the employment structures predicted by the model.
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Place of PublicationLondon (UK)
PublisherUniversity College London
Number of pages27
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2005

Publication series

NameEconomics working paper
PublisherUCL SSEES : Centre for comparative economics
No.59

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