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-cou...

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Main Authors: Acemoglu, Daron (Contributor), Dell, Melissa Lynne (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Economic Association, 2011-03-18T21:31:30Z.
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