coefficients. They are robust to model specifications and estimation methods. The evidence that investment has a long-run effect on …We present evidence that an increase in investment as a share of GDP predicts a higher growth rate of output per worker …

the data (cross-section or panel) and the estimation technique. Elasticities vary between countries in ways that cannot be …

income. The goal of this paper is to test for the effect of mandatory pensions on discretionary household savings. The data … are drawn from the CentER Savings Survey, which consists of a representative and a highest-income-decile sample of Dutch … households. The survey contains rich information on house-hold wealth, pension rights and savings attitudes. A result of the …

international wage differentials and preferences for origin. We use a model of job search, savings and migration to show that job …

role of rising rates of investment. Because labor reallocation across sectors, TFP growth at the sector level and … investment are all inter-related, simple growth decompositions that are often used in the literature are not appropriate for … continues to absorb more than half of all fixed investment. If capital had been allocated efficiently, China could have achieved …