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Oligopolistic market
RodensteinRodan
BIG PUSH
underdeveloped
developed
IN PRODUCTION FUNCTION
Economic of scale NEED HEAVY INVESTMENT Oligopolistic market So worker on one industry consume the output of other industry
In complementary demand
For investment
Skilled labour
O-RING THEORY
MICHAEL KREMER
WAGES
LARGE DIFFERENCES
OUTPUT
So wage & productivity differential between countries with different skill levels are enormous
Poor countries have higher shares of primary production in GNP Worker will be paid more in the industries with high value input If rms can choose among technologies, the highest skill worker will use the highest technology The rich countries tend to specialized in complicated products. Thus subsidies to investment in human capital may be very efcient. Small differences between countries in human capital investment subsidies and the quality of educational system will lead to multiplier effects that create large differences in worker skill.
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DANI RODRIK
Low appropriability
Poor geography
Bad infrastructure
Government failures
Market failures
Coordination externalities
Poor intermediation