This paper offers the first systematic historical evidence on the role of a central actor in modern growth theory - the … engineers diverged in their growth trajectories over the next century. The results are supported by historical case studies from …

argue that existing studies on the impact of natural disasters on economic development have several important limitations …, both at the level of the outcome variable – usually national income or growth – as well as on the level of the independent … entire world for the period 1992-2013 we find that earthquakes reduce both light growth rates and light levels significantly …

advertising to acquire new customers and thereby shift demand and increase sales. In the second, they use temporarily low markups …

Beyond years of schooling, educational content can play an important role in the process of economic development …

necessarily mean that giving money to women is a good development policy. We show that depending on the nature of the production … function, targeting transfers to women may be beneficial or harmful to growth. In particular, such transfers are more likely to …

social welfare has important implications for both the economics of climate change and comparative development. …