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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
This paper explores the implications of Unified Growth Theory for the origins of existing differences in income per capita across countries. The theory sheds light on three fundamental layers of comparative development. It identifies the factors that have governed the pace of the transition from...
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Unmarried Parenthood and Redistributive Politics
Edlund, Lena Cecilia; Haider, Laila; Pande, Rohini - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Political survey data for nine West European countries show that women have become increasingly left-wing compared to men, and that this trend is positively correlated with the decline in marriage in these countries. This pattern is mirrored in German longitudinal data (GSOEP), where transitions...
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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...
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Genes, Legitimacy and Hypergamy: Another Look at the Economics of Marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...
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Improving Human Development: A Long-run View
Prados de la Escosura, Leandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
presented here alongside the UNDP’s HDI for the world and its main regions since the late nineteenth century. Social dimensions …
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World Human Development: 1870-2007
Prados de la Escosura, Leandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
How has wellbeing evolved over time and across regions? How does the West compare to the Rest? What explains their differences? These questions are addressed using an historical index of human development. A sustained improvement in wellbeing has taken place since 1870. The absolute gap between...
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Around the European Periphery 1870-1913: Globalization, Schooling and Growth
O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
World War I. Some, like the three Scandinavian economies, used industrialization to achieve a spectacular convergence on the … globalization was by far the dominant force accounting for convergence (and divergence) around the periphery. Some exploited it well …
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Heckscher-Ohlin Theory and Individual Attitudes Towards Globalization
O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
The aim of the Paper is to see whether individuals’ attitudes towards globalization are consistent with the predictions …-skilled are pro-globalization in rich countries; while in some of the very poorest countries in the sample being high-skilled has … a negative (if statistically insignificant) impact on pro-globalization sentiment. More generally, an interaction term …
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Globalization, Industrial Policy and Clusters
Forslid, Rikard; Ulltveit-Moe, Karen-Helene - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper analyses industrial policy in a high wage open economy hosting an agglomeration consisting of vertically linked upstream and downstream firms. We show that optimal policy towards upstream industries typically differ from the optimal policy towards downstream industries....
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Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India
Banerjee, Abhijit; Duflo, Esther; Ghatak, Maitreesh; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This paper studies the role played by caste, education and other social and economic attributes in arranged marriages among middle-class Indians. We use a unique data set on individuals who placed matrimonial advertisements in a major newspaper, the responses they received, how they ranked them,...
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