of worker. Our analysis reveals that the effects of a liberalization on human capital accumulation, income and inequality … 20 percent in the shortrun, and by more than 55 percent after 50 years. The world average index of inequality decreases … identifying assumptions. We also analyze partial liberalization shocks: efficiency and inequality effects are roughly proportional …

This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986 … capital on GDP per capita, and second, a permanent increase in migration ows has a positive effect on productivity growth …. However, the growth impact of immigration is small even in countries that have highly selective migration policies. …

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 …

growth model with endogenous fertility. I show how refugee resettlement from a more advanced and wealthier economy to a less … economic growth in both economies. …

workers. Yet, the growing finance wage premium is unrelated to sectoral or aggregate growth, to countries' innovative capacity … economic growth. …

-together with standard growth models to frame the role of religion in economic growth. Unifying a growing literature, we argue that … religion can enhance or impinge upon economic growth through all four elements because it shapes individual preferences …

attainment and cognitive skills. Similar results emerge from growth accounting analyses. …

This article analyzes the effect of population sorting on economic growth. The analysis is performed in a two …-region growth model with endogenous fertility, in which public knowledge spillovers from the more advanced core into children …