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<journal-id>2215-3403</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Economía y Sociedad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Economía y Sociedad]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2215-3403</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2215-34032019000100048</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15359/eys.24-55.4</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Transformación estructural y productividad sectorial en Costa Rica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Structural transformation and sectoral productivity in Costa Rica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Transformação estrutural e produtividade setorial na Costa Rica]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alfaro-Ureña]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alonso]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vindas-Quesada]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alberto]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) Investigador del Departamento de Investigación Económica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Banco Central de Costa Rica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>24</volume>
<numero>55</numero>
<fpage>48</fpage>
<lpage>71</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2215-34032019000100048&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2215-34032019000100048&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2215-34032019000100048&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Este trabajo documenta el proceso de transformación estructural que experimentó Costa Rica a partir de 1950 y por las siguientes seis décadas. Tal como ha sido ampliamente documentado en la literatura, los países que incrementan el ingreso de sus habitantes usualmente experimentan una reasignación de trabajo desde el sector agrícola hacia el sector manufactura y el de servicios. Para Costa Rica se observa un patrón similar que, no obstante, tiene particularidades que se discutirán a fondo. En este documento se presentan ejercicios contrafactuales que toman como punto de partida el modelo de Duarte &amp; Restuccia (2010), calibrado con la información actualizada para Costa Rica y Estados Unidos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This paper documents the structural transformation process in Costa Rica during the 1950s and the subsequent six decades. It is widely documented that countries that grow in terms of income see employment shift away from the agricultural sector to the manufacturing and services sector. This same pattern can be observed in Costa Rica. However, this process has some peculiarities that will be discussed here. The paper presents counterfactual exercises using the Duarte &amp; Restuccia (2010) model, calibrated with Costa Rican and American data.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo Este trabalho documenta o processo de transformação estrutural experimentado pela Costa Rica a partir de 1950 e pelas seis décadas seguintes. Assim como tem sido amplamente documentado na literatura, os países que aumentam a renda de seus habitantes geralmente experimentam uma realocação de trabalho do setor agrícola para o setor manufatureiro e o setor de serviços. Para a Costa Rica, existe um padrão semelhante que, no entanto, tem particularidades que serão discutidas em profundidade. Este documento apresenta exercícios contracfatuais que tomam como ponto de partida o modelo de Duarte &amp; Restuccia (2010), calibrado com informações atualizadas para a Costa Rica e os Estados Unidos.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[productividad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[transformación estructural]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[productividad sectorial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[productivity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[structural transformation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sectoral productivity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[produtividade]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[transformação estrutural]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[produtividade setorial]]></kwd>
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