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Capital Humano y Crecimiento Económico en México (1970-2000). Human Capital and Economic Growth in Mexico.
Bautista, Alejandro Diaz; Dominguez, Mauro Diaz - EconWPA - 2004
Europa. This paper applies the regional convergence hypothesis of economic growth based on the neoclassical model. During the … period 1970-2000, Mexico shows state convergence in per capita income conditional on the fundamental human capital variables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556248
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Tests of the 'Convergence Hypothesis': Some Further Results
Cohen, Daniel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
This paper offers new tests of the `convergence hypothesis'. It first analyses the pattern of growth of measured inputs … is led to reject the convergence theory. In order to understand what lies at the heart of this discrepancy, the paper … school enrolments (or the UN-conditional convergence of the stock of measured inputs would not hold), but because the law of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662305
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Mapping The Two Faces Of R&D: Productivity Growth In A Panel Of OECD Industries
Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen J.; Van Reenen, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
capacity'). In this paper we document that there has been convergence of TFP within a panel of industries across thirteen OECD …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666847
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Economic Growth and the Swedish Model
Henrekson, Magnus; Jonung, Lars; Stymne, Joakim - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
We examine the growth performance of Sweden in the post-World War II period, focusing on explaining the relative decline of economic growth in Sweden since the early 1970's. The hypothesis that the relative decline is a consequence of productivity catch-up is rejected. A number of potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791604
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Life Expectancy and Schooling: New Insights from Cross-Country Data
Hazan, Moshe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
I argue that distinguishing between life expectancy at birth and life expectancy beyond the crucial early childhood years affects the relationship between life expectancy and schooling in a meaningful way. In particular, I show that while the change in life expectancy at birth between 1960 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246607
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From Physical to Human Capital Accumulation: Inequality and the Process of Development
Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - EconWPA - 2004
This paper develops a growth theory that captures the replacement of physical capital accumulation by human capital accumulation as a prime engine of growth along the process of development. It argues that the positive impact of inequality on the growth process was reversed in this process. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125649
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From Stagnation to Growth: Unified Growth Theory
Galor, Oded - EconWPA - 2004
This chapter examines the process of development from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to a state of sustained economic growth. The analysis focuses on recently advanced unified growth theories that capture the intricate evolution of income per capita, technology, and population over the course...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062763
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Conspicuous Consumption, Human Capital and Poverty
Moav, Omer; Neeman, Zvika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Poor families around the world spend a large fraction of their income on consumption of goods that appear to be useless in alleviating poverty, while saving at very low rates and neglecting investment in health and education. Such consumption patterns seem to be related to the persistence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504622
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2008 Lawrence R. Klein Lecture -- Comparative Economic Development: Insights from Unified Growth Theory
Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
convergence clubs, and it underlines the persistent effects that variations in pre-historical biogeographical conditions have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008577814
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Unified Growth Theory
Galor, Oded - EconWPA - 2005
This chapter examines the process of development from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to a state of sustained economic growth. The analysis focuses on recently advanced unified growth theories that capture the intricate evolution of income per capita, technology, and population over the entire...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556052