"This collection carefully selects some of the most influential papers focusing on the relationship between economic and political institutions and economic development. Economic institutions shape economic incentives, such the incentives to become educated, to save and invest, to innovate and...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. Simon Kuznets (1955), 'Economic Growth and Income Inequality', American Economic Review, XLV (1), March, 1-28 -- 2. Simon Kuznets (1963), 'Quantitative Aspects of Economic Growth of Nations: VIII, Distribution of Income by Size', Economic Development...