necessarily disappear as economies grow and that these disparities are itself an important driver of growth. We use a novel …

necessarily disappear as economies grow and that these disparities are itself an important driver of growth. We use a novel …

This paper examines the effect of natural resource dependence on growth in a cross-country setting during 1970 to 2010 … there is a resource curse adversely effecting growth via institutional deterioration in the longer term (1970-2010), but … more for growth, including governance and constraints on the executive relative to democracy. …

The paper examines how legal, economic, political and social institutions fare with different measures of inequality in …, political and social. Among legal institutions, rule of law and control for corruption have a stronger impact on inequality than … it comes to wage inequality and income inequality whereas autocracy is associated with higher level of wage inequalities …

continuation of this variety of capitalism is likely to result in excessive inequality and severe environmental degradation. The … task for Laos is now to foster more inclusive forms of state coordination and balance economic growth with ameliorative …

The paper examines how legal, economic, political and social institutions fare with different measures of inequality in …, political and social. Among legal institutions, rule of law and control for corruption have a stronger impact on inequality than … it comes to wage inequality and income inequality whereas autocracy is associated with higher level of wage inequalities …

This paper  provides an assessment of economic growth, employment and poverty reduction in the Arab MENA region … employment and poverty impacts of growth are of particular concern to policy makers. In the short run for employment growth to be … example growth in high productivity sectors will not boost total employment nor reduce poverty substantially in the short run …