Convergencia absoluta del producto por trabajador en la industria manufacturera y la economía en su conjunto ¿Qué dice la evidencia?

• Saúl N. Keifman ^[1] ; Diego Herrero ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Buenos Aires

     Universidad de Buenos Aires

     Argentina

     
• Localización: Desarrollo económico, ISSN 0046-001X, Vol. 63, Nº. 241, 2024, págs. 220-251
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.59339/de.v63i241.648
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Absolute Convergence of Output per Worker in Manu-facturing and the Economy as a Whole. What Does the Evidence Say?
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  • español

    En este artículo revisitamos la evidencia empírica de la hipótesis de la convergencia absoluta en el crecimiento entre países en 1950-2019, poniendo el foco en el producto por trabajador. También ponemos a prueba la hipótesis de Rodrik (2013) de convergencia absoluta en el producto por trabajador en la industria manufacturera utilizando una base nueva construida por los autores, que por primera vez lo mide en dólares de igual de poder compra, para así poder investigar su relación con la convergencia en el producto por trabajador en la economía en su conjunto en 1970-2018. Encontramos evidencia robusta de convergencia absoluta en el producto por trabajador de la economía en su conjunto a partir del año 2000 y rechazamos sistemáticamente la hipótesis de Rodrik de convergencia absoluta en la industria manufacturera sin convergencia en la economía en su conjunto.

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    In this paper we revisit the empirical evidence of the hypothesis of absolute convergence across countries in 1950-2019, focusing on output per worker. We also test Rodrik’s (2013) hypothesis of absolute convergence in output per worker in manufacturing by using a newly built database which for the first time measures the former in terms of purchasing power parity, to be able to study the relationship between convergence in manufacturing and convergence across the economy in 1970-2018. We find robust evidence of cross-country absolute convergence in output per worker since 2000 and we consistently reject Rodrik’s hypothesis of absolute convergence in manufacturing along nonconvergence across the economy.

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