10.17889/E111342V1
Dell, Melissa
Acemoglu, Daron
Replication data for: Productivity Differences between and within Countries
ICPSR Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
2010
10.1257/mac.2.1.169
10.1257/mac.2.1.169
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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-country differences are related. As a first step toward a unified framework, we propose a simple model incorporating differences in technological know-how across countries
and differences in productive efficiency within countries. (JEL E23, I31, J31, O15, O18, O47, R23)