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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008577814
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Diversity in Organizations
Mello, Antonio S; Ruckes, Martin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper develops a theory of diversity in work groups within organizations. Diversity is determined by the group …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666493
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Segregation and the Quality of Government in a Cross-Section of Countries
Alesina, Alberto F; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper has three goals. The first (and perhaps the most important one) is to provide a new compilation of data on ethnic, linguistic and religious composition at the sub-national level for a large number of countries. This data set allows us to measure segregation of different ethnic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666927
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Nursery Cities: Urban Diversity, Process Innovation, and the Life-Cycle of Products
Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
specialization and diversity? To what extent does the structure of cities, and the activities of firms and people in them, change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791261
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Diversity and Specialization in Cities: Why, Where and When Does It Matter?
Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
specialization and diversity? To what extent does the structure of cities, and the activities of firms and people in them, change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792317
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The Economics of Books
Canoy, Marcel; van der Ploeg, Frederick; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
The tensions between books and book markets as expressions of culture and books as products in profit-making businesses … and education in order to stimulate the diversity of books on offer, increase the density of retail outlets and to promote …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124150
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Class and Tastes: The Effects of Income and Preference Heterogeneity on Redistribution
Fernández, Raquel; Levy, Gilat - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
diversity is low, the equilibrium policy is characterized by some amount of general income distribution and some targeted … diversity increases in society, the set of equilibrium policies becomes more and more tilted towards special interest groups and … against general redistribution. As diversity increases further, however, these policies are not sustainable. There exists a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124358
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Cultural Diversity, Status Concerns and the Organization of Work
Fershtman, Chaim; Hvide, Hans K; Weiss, Yoram - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
status concerns. We then discuss the effects of such cultural diversity on wages and show that, for equally productive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005281379
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Ethnic Inequality
Alesina, Alberto F; Michalopoulos, Stelios; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This study explores the consequences and origins of contemporary differences in well-being across ethnic groups within countries. We construct measures of ethnic inequality combining ethnolinguistic maps on the spatial distribution of groups with satellite images of light density at night....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084675
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Imperfect Labour Contracts and International Trade
Grossman, Gene - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
In an economy with imperfect labour contracts, differences in the distribution of human capital are an independent source of comparative advantage. I study a world economy with two sectors, one where output is produced by teams and another where individuals can work alone. When workers'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661464