Are bigger cities better or worse for inequality?
One major characteristic of the process of economic development is the movement of people from rural to urban areas. As a result, the percentage of […]
Structural change
Levelling the playing field from life chances to the labour market
Imagine how the life chances for the two following children could be: first, a five-year-old girl, born and raised in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, […]
What is ‘structural transformation’ and why does it matter?
Most workers in pre-industrial Europe once pursued agricultural work. Later the economy shifted to manufacturing jobs and then to the service sector. In short, economic […]
How inclusive is structural change in Indonesia?
Indonesia is one country that has experienced rapid economic development over the last 50 years and a substantial democratisation since the Asian Financial Crisis of […]
Shrinking manufacturing employment is “bad news for developing countries”
What are the implications of premature deindustrialisation? What—if anything—is so special with manufacturing? How can we make sense of recent growth episodes in the developing […]
The future of employment: back in fashion?
A range of views from across the UN, the World Bank and the IMF raise some big questions for the future of employment and its […]
What have 200 years of development brought for workers’ wages in Mexico? (Hint: not much)
A new ESRC Global Poverty & Inequality Dynamics Research Network working paper takes a long-run view on the development of wages and living standards in […]
Does structural change lead to rising inequality?
How does structural transformation affect economic inequality? And what does it do to poverty? Many developing countries have seen a huge reallocation of labour from […]
Is rising inequality part of a ‘developer’s dilemma’?
Two goals of development are economic development and inclusive growth. The first, economic development, requires ‘structural transformation’ meaning shifts in economic activity towards higher productivity. […]
What Is the Developer’s Dilemma?
Does inequality have to rise during development? What policies make economic growth more inclusive? Should developing countries try to industrialise or rely on the service […]
