This paper argues that rising food staple prices can pose a significant barrier to the growth of labour‐intensive manufacturing by raising real wage rates. This is important because an expanding manufacturing sector has both comparative static and dynamic effects on labour productivity growth. The experience of Indonesia is used to illustrate these ideas.

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印度尼西亚的工业化和去工业化

本文认为，粮价上涨可能通过提高实际工资率而对劳动密集型制造业的增长构成重大障碍。这很重要，因为不断扩大的制造业对劳动生产率的增长既有静态的影响又有动态的影响。印度尼西亚的经验被用来说明这些想法。