We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism-collectivism …. Collectivism leads to efficiency gains relative to individualism, but these gains are static, unlike the dynamic effect of …. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with …

cycle of managers. We calibrate this model to U.S plant-size data to quantify the effects of distortions that are correlated …

, prejudice, or systematically biased beliefs about the ability of female managers. Disentangling these theories would require … data on productivity, on the preferences of those who interact with managers, and on perceptions of productivity. Financial …

been affected across six countries (China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, UK and US). We first document changes in income …

evaluates the importance of major domains of childhood circumstances to health inequalities in the USA and China. We link two …-16 percent and 14-30 percent of health inequality in old age in China and the USA, respectively. Specifically, the contribution … of childhood circumstances to health inequality is larger in the USA than in China for self-rated health, mental health …

We study inequality in the distribution of self-assessed health (SAH) in the United States and China, two large … social determinants of health. Using comparable health survey data from China and the United States, we compare health … that whether SAH inequality is greater in the US or in China depends on the concept of status and the inequality …

brightest managers to the public sector abound. This paper studies self-selection into managerial positions in the public and … ability is always higher in the private sector. As a result, relatively many of the more able managers self-select into the …