across the world. We do so by calculating how many years ago these technologies were used in the U.S. at the same intensity … as they are used in the countries in our sample. We denote these time lags as technology usage lags and compare them with … lags in real GDP per capita. We find that (i) technology usage lags are large, often comparable to lags in real GDP per …

We suggest that the geographical patterns of income differences across the world have deep underpinnings. We emphasize … characteristics of economies. Per capita incomes differ around the world in no small part because of sharp differences across regions …, technology, and geography, and that none of these alone is sufficient to account for the diverse patterns of global growth. We …

respectively to the Fraser Institute and World Economic Forum reports, the GLS and the labor market components of the economic … countries around the world, covering issues such as freedom of association, the regulation of work contracts, employee benefits …) and competitiveness (World Economic Forum) …

In this paper, we develop a model of technology adoption and economic growth in which households optimally obtain … between their growth rates will increase with the growth rate of available technology. By characterizing the optimal Ramsey … available technology. Our theory suggests that European education policies that favored specialized, vocational education might …