Industrialization and deindustrialization in Indonesia

Abstract This paper argues that rising food staple prices can pose a significant barrier to the growth of labour‐intensive manufacturing by raising real wage rates. This is important because an expanding manufacturing sector has both comparative static and dynamic effects on labour productivity grow...

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Main Authors: Richard Grabowski, Sharmistha Self
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.295