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The "Out of Africa" Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development

Ashraf, Quamrul H. - 2011

This research argues that deep-rooted factors, determined tens of thousands of years ago, had a significant effect on the course of economic development from the dawn of human civilization to the contemporary era. It advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the...

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Comparing Real Wages

Ashenfelter, Orley - 2012

A real wage rate is a nominal wage rate divided by the price of a good and is a transparent measure of how much of the good an hour of work buys. It provides an important indicator of the living standards of workers, and also of the productivity of workers. In this paper I set out the conceptual...

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Development, Structure, and Transformation : Some Evidence on Comparative Economic Growth

McCord, Gordon C. - 2013

We suggest that the geographical patterns of income differences across the world have deep underpinnings. We emphasize … characteristics of economies. Per capita incomes differ around the world in no small part because of sharp differences across regions … middle income; the distribution of economic activity around the world today; the patterns of growth between 1960 and 2010 …

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The Global Productivity Slump : Common and Country-Specific Factors

Eichengreen, Barry - 2015

Productivity growth is slowing around the world. In 2014, according to the Conference Board's Total Economy Data Base …

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The Country Chronologies to Exchange Rate Arrangements into the 21st Century : Will the Anchor Currency Hold?

Ilzetzki, Ethan - 2017

Detailed country-by-country chronologies are an informative companion piece to our paper “Exchange Arrangements Entering the 21st Century: Which Anchor Will Hold?,” which provides a comprehensive history of anchor or reference currencies, exchange rate arrangements, and a new measure of...

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Exchange Arrangements Entering the 21st Century : Which Anchor Will Hold?

Ilzetzki, Ethan - 2017

. Our central finding is that the US dollar scores (by a wide margin) as the world's dominant anchor currency and, by some …

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Global Inequality Dynamics : New Findings from Wid.World

Alvaredo, Facundo - 2017

This paper presents new findings on global inequality dynamics from the World Wealth and Income Database (WID.world …

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How Do Hours Worked Vary with Income? Cross-Country Evidence and Implications

Bick, Alexander - 2016

This paper builds a new internationally comparable database of hours worked to measure how hours vary with income across and within countries. We document that average hours worked per adult are substantially higher in low-income countries than in high-income countries. The pattern of decreasing...

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Cross-Country Differences in Productivity : the Role of Allocation and Selection

Bartelsman, Eric J. - 2009

This paper combines different strands of the productivity literature to investigate the effect of idiosyncratic (firm-level) policy distortions on aggregate outcomes. On the one hand, a growing body of empirical research has been relating cross-country differences in key economic outcomes, such...

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Policy Implications of Models of the Spread of Coronavirus : Perspectives and Opportunities for Economists

Avery, Christopher - 2020

This paper provides a critical review of models of the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic that have been influential in recent policy decisions. There is tremendous opportunity for social scientists to advance the relevant literature as new and better data becomes available to...

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