Research · Fri 9 Oct
A global study finds mineral-price booms shift workers from agriculture into low-skilled services, with little average change in manufacturing employment
AI summaryThe analysis of 2,041 urban agglomerations across 73 countries estimates that doubling nearby mineral prices lowers agriculture’s employment share by about 1.6 percentage points and raises low-skilled services’ share by about 0.9 points. Effects were stronger in sub-Saharan African cities; population growth was comparatively modest.