the poverty of objects and the lack of ideas, as central to economic growth rate differences across economies, have … enriched economic growth theory. However, both object- idea gaps, and factor-force specialization do not make explicit intra … growth. Economies with strong positive resource intra- and inter-actions produce more output than others. In fact, intra- and …

We set up an open-economy, three-country version of the endogenous- mortality model of Lagerloef (forthcoming in the … International Economic Review). The model is calibrated to pre-industrial mortality data from England, France and Sweden. Fitting … parameters to match observed rates of correlation in mortality rates, the model can also account for: (1) differences in the …

ACCELERATE THE SUBSTANTIAL HEALTH GAINS OF RECENT DECADES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE POOR IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES SUCH AS NIGERIA, THE …

accelerate the substantial health gains of recent decades, especially for the poor in African countries such as Nigeria, the …

changes, in the sense that the good done to growth by rising remittances is not as great as the bad done by falling …

We set up a unified growth model capturing the transition of a primitive and egalitarian hunter-gatherer society, into … human capital productivity and pushing the economy to sustained growth: an industrial revolution. Allowing also for a …