TY  - GEN
T1  - Structural transformation and its relevance for economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
A1  - Busse,Matthias
A1  - Erdogan,Ceren
A1  - Mühlen,Henning
Y1  - 2017/09/28
N2  - In this paper, we analyse the role of structural transformation in view of the remarkable growth performance of sub-Saharan African countries since the mid-1990s. Our analysis covers 41 African countries over the period 1980 to 2014 and accounts for structural transformation by employing the analytical frameworks of (1) growth decomposition and (2) growth regression. Even though the low-productive agricultural sector continues to employ most of the African workforce, our results reveal that structural transformation has taken place and  that it has contributed significantly to African growth in the past decades.
KW  - Subsaharisches Afrika
KW  - Wirtschaftswachstum
CY  - Hohenheim
PB  - Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim
AD  - Garbenstr. 15, 70593 Stuttgart
UR  - http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/volltexte/2017/1406
ER  -