of short-term inequality and its link with cross-sectional inequality; second, the evolution of long-term mobility … relative to short-term mobility and the implications for long-term inequality; third, we try to understand the cross … association between the evolution of earnings inequality and earnings mobility. More flexible labour markets, with low levels of …

This paper provides an analytic review of selected contributions to the study of institutions and economic growth. We … review the contributions to the study of institutional determinants of long-run growth by Engerman and Sokoloff, and Acemoglu … steps towards bridging the gap between the study of long-run and short-run growth performances. In addition, we review two …

The sign of worker remittances in growth regressions is heavily disputed in the literature. Comparing two growth …

Remittances may have an impact on economic growth through channels to physical and human capital. We estimate two … per capita when compared to the counterfactual of having no remittances. Their ratio of the steady-state growth rates with …

The impact of migration and worker remittances on literacy, accumulation of capital and growth is analyzed for a panel … force growth, development aid and GDP per capita growth, using dynamic panel data methods. The estimated equations are then … that emigration lowers savings and labour force growth. The total effect of net migration on GDP per capita is to increase …

countries reduce taxation and public expenditure on education as a share of GDP. This may slow down growth of human capital, one … of the major growth factors. In poor countries they raise more tax revenues and spend more money on education, which is … likely to support growth. Strong non-linearities, which differ by country group, make the effects of shocks dependent on the …

We are interested in the relation between Gini coefficients of education, educational variables, and growth. We specify … a system of 14 difference equations with lagged dependent variables in education variables, as well as a growth … regression, auxiliary equations for savings and investment ratios, and the growth of the labour force and estimate all of them …

The credit crisis of OECD countries has a negative impact on the growth of the world economy according to a simple … error correction model. This causes negative growth effects in poor developing countries. The reduced growth has a direct or … indirect impact on the convergence issue, aid, remittances, labour force growth, investment and savings, net foreign debt …