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Title: Scale and the Origins of Structural Change

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: We consider broad patterns of structural change: (i) sectoral reallocations, (ii) rich movements of productiveactivities between home and market, and (iii) an increase in establishment size, especially in manufacturing. We extend these facts and develop a unified model explaining them. The crucial distinction across manufacturing, services and home production is the scale of the productive unit. In manufacturing, scale technologies lead to industrialization and marketization. In services, they lead to marketization and later demarketization of services. A later increase in the scale of services could yield a decline in industry and a rise in services, consistent with the data.

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Authors: Buera, Francisco J.; Kaboski, Joseph P.

Periodical (Full): Journal of Economic Theory

Issue: 2

Volume: 147

Pages: 684-712

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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