social welfare has important implications for both the economics of climate change and comparative development. …

Beyond years of schooling, educational content can play an important role in the process of economic development …

possible problems with overreaction to public information. Furthermore, we suggest a new focus for development policy. …

I argue that whether or not a state is "predatory" hinges on the relationship between development and the distribution … of political power in society. Development is typically inconsistent with the preservation of the political status quo …, the more likely the state is to be predatory. Initial inequality, since it influences the likelihood of political …

income inequality. …

necessarily mean that giving money to women is a good development policy. We show that depending on the nature of the production …