-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 …

convinced that higher growth would reduce income poverty to an acceptable margin, there appears to be little concrete policy … measures that one may offer so as to harness greater growth. Besides, the weight of the empirical evidence to date, if not … possibly rising inequality would ensure that a great many would fall through the cracks, and not benefit from high growth, even …

This paper examines whether growth regressions should incorporate dualism and structural change. If there is a … factor productivity. The paper develops empirical growth models that allow for this effect in a more flexible way than … labour can explain a significant fraction of the international variation in TFP growth. …

We revisit the relationship between financial development and economic growth in a panel of 52 middle income countries … financial development does not have a linear positive long-run impact on economic growth in this sample. When we consider a non …-linear relationship between financial development and growth, we find an inverted U-shaped relationship between finance and growth in the …