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Population, Technology, and Growth: From Malthusian Stagnation to the Demographic Transition and Beyond
Weil, David N.; Galor, Oded - In: American Economic Review 90 (2000) 4, pp. 806-828
This paper develops a unified growth model that captures the historical evolution of population, technology, and output … evolves from a Malthusian regime, where technological progress is slow and population growth prevents any sustained rise in … income per capita, into a Post-Malthusian regime, where technological progress rises and population growth absorbs only part …
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Selection, Agriculture, and Cross-Country Productivity Differences
Lagakos, David; Waugh, Michael E. - In: American Economic Review 103 (2013) 2, pp. 948-80
Cross-country labor productivity differences are larger in agriculture than in non-agriculture. We propose a new explanation for these patterns in which the self-selection of heterogeneous workers determines sector productivity. We formalize our theory in a general-equilibrium Roy model in which...
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The Myth of the East Asian Miracle: The Macroeconomic Implications of Soft Budgets
Wang, Yijiang; Bai, Chong-En - In: American Economic Review 89 (1999) 2, pp. 432-437
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Monopoly Rights: A Barrier to Riches
Prescott, Edward C.; Parente, Stephen L. - In: American Economic Review 89 (1999) 5, pp. 1216-1233
Our thesis is that poor countries are poor because they employ arrangements for which the equilibrium outcomes are characterized by inferior technologies being used, and being used inefficiently. In this paper, we analyze the consequences of one such arrangement. In each industry, the...
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South Africa's Post-apartheid Two-Step: Social Demands versus Macro Stability
Coulibaly, Brahima; Logan, Trevon D. - In: American Economic Review 99 (2009) 2, pp. 275-81
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How Relevant Is Malthus for Economic Development Today?
Weil, David N.; Wilde, Joshua - In: American Economic Review 99 (2009) 2, pp. 255-60
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Metals or Management? Explaining Africa's Recent Economic Growth Performance
Beny, Laura N.; Cook, Lisa D. - In: American Economic Review 99 (2009) 2, pp. 268-74
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Learning from the Doers: Developing Country Lessons for Advanced Economy Growth
Chari, Anusha; Henry, Peter Blair - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 5, pp. 260-65
From 1980 to 1992, emerging and developing countries grew by 3.4 percent per year. Their annual rate of growth … increased to 5.4 percent between 1993 and 2012. No such increase occurred for advanced nations, whose average growth from 1980 … around by embracing discipline-sustained commitment to a pragmatic and flexible growth strategy. Three illustrations of …
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Modest, Secure, and Informed: Successful Development in Conflict Zones
Berman, Eli; Felter, Joseph H.; Shapiro, Jacob N.; … - In: American Economic Review 103 (2013) 3, pp. 512-17
Most interpretations of prevalent counterinsurgency theory imply that increasing government services reduces rebel violence. Empirically, however, development programs and economic activity sometimes increase violence. Using new panel data on development spending in Iraq, we show that...
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Loan Syndication and Credit Cycles
Ivashina, Victoria; Scharfstein, David - In: American Economic Review 100 (2010) 2, pp. 57-61
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