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Technological Progress, Mobility, and Economic Growth
Galor, Oded; Tsiddon, Daniel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper analyses the relationship between technological progress, intergenerational earnings mobility, and economic growth. The analysis demonstrates that the interplay between technological progress and two components that determine individual earnings – parental human capital and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124238
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The Dynamics of Exclusion and Fiscal Conservatism
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
This paper studies the impact of income inequality on fiscal conservatism when an increase in inequality affects the bottom portion of income distribution. It is argued that, contrary to what is generally assumed in the economic literature, inequality will then be associated with less, rather...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136638
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From Stagnation to Growth: Unified Growth Theory
Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
human history induced growth theorists to advance an alternative theory that captures in a single unified framework the … distinct regimes. Unified growth theory reveals the underlying micro foundations that are consistent with the growth process … over the entire history of the human species, enhancing the confidence in the viability of the theory, its predictions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497992
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Economic Aspects of Human Cloning and Reprogenetics
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper analyses the economic issues associated with human cloning and new reproductive technologies. We analyse the incentives for human cloning and its implications for the long run distribution of skills and income. We analyse models of human cloning for different motives, focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666464
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Human Capital Distribution, Technological Progress, and Economic Growth
Galor, Oded; Tsiddon, Daniel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
This paper analyses the interaction between the distribution of human capital, technological progress, and economic growth. It demonstrates the significant role of the distribution of human capital in the process of economic development. The evolutionary pattern of the human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666952
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Information Technology and the Knowledge Elites
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper studies a model where Information Technology, while typically increasing overall inequality, is likely to harm some people at intermediate and high levels of the distribution of income but to benefit people at the bottom; where within a given occupation it may harm some workers while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791349
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Migration, the Quality of the Labour Force and Economic Inequality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791628
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Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledge-intensive activities and depends positively on intellectual property, a social planner which cares about income distribution may in principle want to use a reduction in Intellectual Property Rights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791837
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The Economics of Human Cloning
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
In this Paper, we analyse the extent to which market forces create an incentive for cloning human beings. We show that a market for cloning arises if a large enough fraction of the clone's income can be appropriated by its model. Only people with the highest ability are cloned, while people at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792154
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Education, Income Distribution, and Growth: The Local Connection
Bénabou, Roland - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
This paper develops a simple model of human capital accumulation and community formation by heterogeneous families, which provides an integrated framework for analysing the local determinants of inequality and growth. Five main conclusions emerge. First, minor differences in education...
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