
We test whether and how the adoption of the euro, narrowly defined as the end of competitive devaluations, has affected member states� productive structures, distinguishing between within and across sector reallocation. We find evidence that the euro has been accompanied by a reallocation of activity within rather than across sectors. Shit its adoption. productivity growth has been relatively stronger in country-sectors that once relied more on competitive devaluations to regain price competitiveness. This effect is robust to potential omitted-variable bias and correlated effects. Firm-level ev�idence from Italian manifacturing confirms that low-tech businesses, which arguably benefitted most from devaluations, have been restructuring more since the adoption of the euro. Restructuring has entailed a shift of business focus from production to up�stream and downstream activities, such as product design, advertising, marketing and distribution, and a corresponding reduction in the share of blue collar workers.
euro, devaluations, productivity growth, firm restructuring, skill intensity., devaluations; euro; firm restructuring; productivity growth; skill intensity, euro, devaluations, productivity growth, firm restructuring, skill intensity, jel: jel:J24, jel: jel:L16, jel: jel:O47, jel: jel:F33
euro, devaluations, productivity growth, firm restructuring, skill intensity., devaluations; euro; firm restructuring; productivity growth; skill intensity, euro, devaluations, productivity growth, firm restructuring, skill intensity, jel: jel:J24, jel: jel:L16, jel: jel:O47, jel: jel:F33
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