This paper analyzes the interplay of human capital formation and economic growth when there is premature adult …

about the evolution and dynamics of output growth? Largely, no. Second, the existence and magnitude of output externalities …

Externalities play a central role in most theories of economic growth. We argue that international externalities, in … particular, are essential for explaining a number of empirical regularities about growth and development. Foremost among these is … that many countries appear to share a common long run growth rate despite persistently different rates of investment in …

The transition from stagnation to growth and the associated phenomenon of the great divergence have been the subject of … an intensive research in the growth literature in recent years. The discrepancy between the predictions of exogenous and … endogenous growth models and the process of development over most of human history, induced growth theorists to advance an …

evolutionary advantage to entrepreneurial, growth promoting traits and their increased representation accelerated the pace of … technological advancements and the process of economic development. Natural selection therefore had magnified growth promoting … evolutionary advantage, diminishing the growth potential of advanced economies and contributing to the convergence of the …

growth. The analysis focuses on recently advanced unified growth theories that capture the intricate evolution of income per … transition from stagnation to growth and the associated phenomenon of the great divergence in income per capita across countries … has been widely viewed as one of the most significant challenges facing researchers in the field of growth and development …

This paper examines a novel mechanism linking fertility and growth. There are three components to the model. First … transition: a rapid decline in fertility accompanied by accelerated output growth. …

participation rate effect, but also a growth effect. Life-cycle savings, investment deepening, foreign capital flows, and schooling … have all been greatly affected by the demographic transition. The paper discusses just how much of these positive growth …