This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader … institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa's peculiar history …, which has been marked by its colonization experience. Next I discuss the potential growth impact of state fragility, a …

Do populations grow as countries become richer? In this paper we estimate the effects on population growth of shocks to … shares in GDP. Controlling for country and time fixed effects, we find that this measure of oil price induced income growth … is positively associated with population growth. The IV estimates indicate that a one percentage point increase in GDP …

In this document, we consider the effects of a land reform on economic and demographic growth by a family …

carbon emissions accounting for the impacts of fertility on population growth, population age structure, and income per …We provide evidence that lower fertility can simultaneously increase income per capita and lower carbon emissions … on carbon emissions accounting for the fact that changes in fertility patterns affect carbon emissions through three …

dioxide emissions, energy consumption, and real GDP for 12 Middle East and North African Countries (MENA) over the period 1981 …–2005. Our results show that in the long-run energy consumption has a positive significant impact on CO2 emissions. More … levels as they may achieve CO2 emissions reduction via energy conservation without negative long-run effects on economic …

We analyze how globalization has affected the sectoral anatomy of regional growth in Germany over the period 1978 … into one of three groups, with "protrend", "anti-trend" or "featureless" growth. Afterwards we propose an explanation why a … particular region ended up in one of those groups: We argue that the regional profiles of growth and change are systematically …

Defining the 'global middle class' as being neither poor nor rich in the developed world, we estimate the size of the …

According to recent UN projections more than 50 percent of the growth in world population over the next half century … will be due to population growth in Africa. Given this, any policy that influences African demography will have a … significant impact on the world distribution of income. In this paper we discuss the potential for migration policies to affect …