liberalization on growth, taking into account constraints imposed by the ‘Mundell’s trilemma’. The model, calibrated to data for …

We document the evolution of the income distribution in rural China, from 1987 through 1999, with an emphasis on … distribution (i.e., Lorenz curves). In addition, we decompose the sources of inequality, exploring the contributions of spatial … that the distribution of income improved by most measures during the early part of the period, as average incomes rose …

Market reforms are generally credited with the rapid growth enjoyed by China's rural sector. This growth has not been … inequality in the countryside. Of most interest, however, is the implication that simultaneous improvements in educational … attainment and off-farm market-development would allow more households to share in the rapid growth in rural China. …

Research in development economics reveals that the bulk of cross-country differences in economic growth is attributable … to differences in productivity. By some accounts, productivity contributes to more than 60 percent of countries’ growth … progress, rates of real cost reduction and rates of productivity growth. I find that the effect of financial development on …

robustly linked with economic growth, there is no support for either the bank-based or market-based view. …

Research in development economics reveals that the bulk of cross-country differences in economic growth is attributable … to differences in productivity. By some accounts, productivity contributes to more than 60 percent of countries’ growth … progress, rates of real cost reduction and rates of productivity growth. I find that the effect of financial development on …

important engine of growth in post-socialist economies. Here we use a rich regional data set to obtain a statistical … characterization of the relationship between entrepreneurial activity and economic growth within post-Soviet Russia. Russia is a useful … laboratory for evaluating links between entrepreneurial activity and growth because of the striking variation in initial …