economic development and the evolution of inequality within and across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit …This research suggests that the evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of … evolved non-monotonically in the course of human history. In early stages of development, the rise in income generated an …

This Paper examines the process of development from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to a state of sustained economic … growth. The analysis focuses on recently advanced unified growth theories that capture the intricate evolution of income per … has been widely viewed as one of the most significant challenges facing researchers in the field of growth and development …

development, shedding new light on the sources of the remarkable rise in life expectancy since the Agricultural Revolution. The …

resolution. We then use the model to quantify the gains from relaxing migration restrictions as well as to describe the evolution … liberalizing migration would increase welfare more than three-fold and would significantly affect the evolution of particular …

returns to human capital can be decisive in determining the outcome. The model provides a basis for distinguishing development …

-term contracts sacrificing managerial selection may be optimal at early stages of economic development and when access to information …

We study the evolution of market-oriented policies over time and across countries. We consider a model in which own and …

development, we draw on empirical evidence from both the historical evolution of today's developed economies and comparisons … start with the relation between development and rural-urban migration. Moving beyond the coarse rural-urban distinction, we … with development. As we discuss, these spatial dynamics often mask important differences across sectors. We then turn our …