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Do Middle Classes Bring Institutional Reforms?
Loayza, Norman; Rigolini, Jamele; Llorente, Gonzalo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
than those of lower poverty, lower inequality, or higher GDP per capita. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279274
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Engineers, Innovative Capacity and Development in the Americas
Maloney, William F.; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using newly collected national and sub-national data and historical case studies, this paper argues that differences in innovative capacity, captured by the density of engineers at the dawn of the Second Industrial Revolution, are important to explaining present income differences, and, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790517
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Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gerald - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680898
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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959583
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Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes, and Causation
Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth is appropriate and whether cross-country evidence supports a case for the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469720
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The Great Happiness Moderation
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … declare low and high levels of happiness. Rising income inequality moderates the fall in happiness inequality, and may even … the happiness of all, it will at least harmonize the happiness of all, providing that income inequality does not grow too …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252278
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The Shift to Services: A Review of the Literature
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
The present paper provides an overview of literature on the shift to services. It follows the three dimensions of structural change - final demand, the inter-industry division of labor and inter-industry productivity differences. It first looks at the ‘classics’, however (Fisher (1935),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233801
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Job Growth in Early Transition: Comparing Two Paths
Jurajda, Stepán; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Small start-up firms are the engine of job creation in early transition and yet little is known about the characteristics of this new sector. We seek to identify patterns of job growth in this sector in terms of niches left from central planning and ask about differences in job creation across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822495
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Subjective Well‐Being and Income: Is There Any Evidence of Satiation?
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010660252
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Birthplace Diversity and Economic Prosperity
Alesina, Alberto; Harnoss, Johann; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
positively to economic development (as measured by income and TFP per capita and patent intensity) even after controlling for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010718612