Productivity Differences Between and Within Countries
We document substantial within-country (cross-municipality) differences in incomes for a large number of countries in the Americas. A significant fraction of the within-country differences cannot be explained by observed human capital. We conjecture that the sources of within-country and between-country differences are related. As a first step towards a united framework, we propose a simple model incorporating both differences in technological know-how across countries and differences in productive efficiency within countries.
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Copy CitationDaron Acemoglu and Melissa Dell, "Productivity Differences Between and Within Countries," NBER Working Paper 15155 (2009), https://doi.org/10.3386/w15155.
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Daron Acemoglu & Melissa Dell, 2010.
"Productivity Differences between and within Countries,"
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics,
American Economic Association, vol. 2(1), pages 169-88, January.
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