Premature deindustrialization: GGDC data in the Wall Street Journal
Date: | 25 November 2015 |
Author: | Robert Inklaar |
While advanced economies grew rich from specialising in manufacturing and employing a large share of the labor force in this sector, the research of Dani Rodrik suggests that path is no longer available to lower-income economies today. How does he know that? Thanks to the GGDC 10-sector database, on which the Wall Street Journal also draws for their article.