perception of decline be reconciled with a reality of growth? The answer is that the "decline" which is perceived is a decline in … is in terminal decline, and that the lost output is being replaced by imports from the developing world. Almost daily … employment in the industrial sector, but this decline is more than counterbalanced by the rise of productivity, so that the …

Countries rich in natural resources constitute both growth losers and growth winners. We claim that the main reason for …

aggregate relations. This paper establishes a bridge between the aggregation and the inequality and growth literature by … applying a log-linear aggregation method to a simple heterogeneous AK growth model. The aggregation effect is explicitly … captured in the growth equation by the changes of the mean logarithmic deviation (MLD or Theil’s second measure) of the income …

globalization as well as sub-indexes constructed to measure the single dimensions on economic growth are analyzed empirically. The … results show that globalization promotes growth - but not to an extent necessary to reduce poverty on a large scale. The … dimensions most robustly related with growth refer to actual economic flows and restrictions in developed countries. Although …

economic growth. The analysis focuses on recently advanced unified growth theories that capture the intricate evolution of …-unified growth models with the main characteristics of the process of development across most of human history induced growth … modern era of sustained economic growth, and the recent transition between these distinct regimes. Unified growth theory …

Do openness to trade and higher levels of human capital promote faster productivity growth? That they do is a key … implication of several versions of endogenous growth theory. To answer the question we use panel data on 93 countries spanning the … on productivity growth. If the level of openness of an economy is doubled the underlying rate of technical progress will …