The aim of this paper is to extend the Solow model in a way that permits to endogenize unemployment. Starting from a Neoclassical growth model, as the Solow model, we introduce a mechanism that allows us to determine the Keynesian unemployment, i.e. unemployment that is caused by the weakness of...

La longue recession de l'economie mondiale dans les annees 1990 redonne de l'eclat aux conceptions financieres du cycle economique. La mode du cycle reel, qui avait prevalu dans le sillage de la nouvelle economie classique, a du mal a apprehender les evenements qui se sont succede depuis 1989,...

Our work contributes to the literature relating output structure and economic development by showing that growth gains from upgrading are not unconditional. Relying on data from a panel of Chinese cities, we show that the level of capabilities available for domestic firms operating in ordinary...