The 20th century beheld a dramatic transformation of the family. Some Kuznets style facts regarding structural change in the family are presented. Over the course of the 20th century in the United States fertility declined, educational attainment waxed, housework fell, leisure increased, jobs...

Der vorliegende Sammelband untersucht in mehreren Beiträgen Migrationsbewegungen und regionale Entwicklungen in Rumänien. Vor dem Hintergrund der sozio-ökonomischen Transformation werden Ursachen und Folgen von Wanderungsbewegungen sowie regionalpolitische Gegebenheiten untersucht. Außerdem...

Chapter 6 from the forthcoming Inclusive Wealth Report 2022 looks at human capital in greater detail, based on the latest human capital estimates from the Inclusive Wealth Report (IWR) project. In the chapter, which is repeated here, the growth of human capital and several of its constituent...

The combination of stagnant growth and high levels of income inequality renewed the debate about whether a more even distribution of income can spur economic activity. This paper tests for cross-country convergence in income inequality and estimates its impact on economic growth with a...