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Unpacking economic development: evidence from cohort- and region-level data

Abstract

The authors combine micro-level surveys from many countries at different levels of development to construct a novel cohort-level dataset including information on income, education, labour force participation by gender, self-employment, occupation, and sector of employment.

This is an part of the Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG) programme.

Citation

Rossi F and Porzio T. 'Unpacking economic development: evidence from cohort- and region-level data' STEG Project Policy Brief, 2025

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Unpacking economic development: evidence from cohort- and region-level data

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