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The Demographic Transition and the Emergence of Sustained Economic Growth

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The demographic transition that swept the world in the course of the last century has been identified as one of the prime forces in the transition from stagnation to growth. The unprecedented increase in population growth during the early stages of industrialization was ultimately reversed and...

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The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Spirit and the Process of Development

Galor, Oded; Michalopoulos, Stelios - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

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 …

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From Stagnation to Growth: Unified Growth Theory

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

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 …

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Natural Selection and the Evolution of Life Expectancy

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

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

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The Geography of Development: Evaluating Migration Restrictions and Coastal Flooding

Desmet, Klaus; Nagy, David Krisztián; Rossi-Hansberg, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

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 …

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Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions Over Geography and Integration in Economic Development

Rodrik, Dani; Subramanian, Arvind; Trebbi, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining income levels around the world, using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of institutions 'trumps' everything else. Once institutions are...

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Ethnic Inequality

Alesina, Alberto F; Michalopoulos, Stelios; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

comparative development. We also show that ethnic inequality goes in tandem with lower levels development within countries. Using …

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