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    The Republic of Korea’s Economic Growth and Catch-Up: Implications for the People’s Republic of China

    Lee, Jong-Wha | April 2016
    Abstract
    This study investigates the economic growth and catch-up of the Republic of Korea over the past half-century. The gap of output per worker between the Republic of Korea and United States has decreased rapidly, as the Republic of Korea’s lower per capita income, relative to its potential level, has led to higher growth, confirming the prediction of a conditional convergence theory. Cross-country regression further suggests that the Republic of Korea’s catch-up to the United States is also attributable to strong investment, lower fertility, greater trade openness, and improvements in human resources and rule of law, while improvement in democracy tends to slow the pace of the catch-up. Yet as the Republic of Korea catches up to the United States and its steady-state level in per worker output, it is subject to growth slowdown unless it improves institutions and policy factors. While manufacturing- and export-oriented development served the Republic of Korea’s success well, poor productivity performance in the services sector has hampered overall productivity growth. The Republic of Korea’s experience implies that the People’s Republic of China’s potential growth rates are likely to slow in the coming decades due to the convergence effect and with the rebalancing toward a domestic consumption and services-based economy. The People’s Republic of China needs to upgrade its institutional quality and improve productivity, particularly in its services sector, to sustain strong growth.
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    Lee, Jong-Wha. 2016. The Republic of Korea’s Economic Growth and Catch-Up: Implications for the People’s Republic of China. © Asian Development Bank Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/6489.
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    Development strategy
    Development models
    Economic development
    New technology
    Rural planning
    Aid coordination
    Industrial projects
    Infrastructure projects
    Natural resources policy
    Educational development
    Absorptive capacity
    Development Planning
    Development Research
    Technology Development
    Aid And Development
    Asian Development Bank
    Comprehensive Development Framework
    Development Cooperation
    Development Management
    Development Planning
    Development Strategies
    Rural planning
    Regional development bank
    Project finance
    Strategic planning
    Infrastructure projects
    Government programs
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    Public enterprises
    Development
    Economics
    Development In East Asia
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    Technology Development
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    Asian Development Bank
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    Development Planning
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    Development strategy
    Development models
    Economic development
    New technology
    Rural planning
    Aid coordination
    Industrial projects
    Infrastructure projects
    Natural resources policy
    Educational development
    Absorptive capacity
    Economic development projects
    Economic forecasting
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    Technical education
    Technology
    Communication in rural development
    Communication in community development
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    Economic forecasting
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    Human rights and globalization
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