Productivity Dynamics and Structural Change in the U.S.
Manufacturing Sector
The paper investigates structural change among the four-digit industries of the U.S. manufacturing sector during 1958-1996 within a distribution dynamics framework. Focus is on the transition density of the Markov process that characterizes the value added shares of the
industries.
Link
http://www.wiwi.uni-jena.de/Papers/wp-sw3004.pdf