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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.