Structural Change and the Kaldor Facts in a Growth Model With Relative Price Effects and Non‐Gorman Preferences

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Journal: Econometrica
Year: 2014
Volume: 82
Pages: 2167-2196

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Abstract

U.S. data reveal three facts: (1) the share of goods in total expenditure declines at a constant rate over time, (2) the price of goods relative to services declines at a constant rate over time, and (3) poor households spend a larger fraction of their budget on goods than do rich households. I provide a macroeconomic model with non‐Gorman preferences that rationalizes these facts, along with the aggregate Kaldor facts. The model is parsimonious and admits an analytical solution. Its functional form allows a decomposition of U.S. structural change into an income and substitution effect. Estimates from micro data show each of these effects to be of roughly equal importance.

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RePEc Handle
repec:wly:emetrp:v:82:y:2014:i::p:2167-2196
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-24