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Long-run growth differences and the neoclassical growth model
Maynard, Norman - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 62 (2016) 3, pp. 574-583
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011626688
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Democracy, Redistribution and Inequality
Acemoglu, Daron; Naidu, Suresh; Restrepo, Pascual; … - 2013
In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution and inequality. We first explain the … theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this expectation may fail … to be realized when democracy is captured by the richer segments of the population; when it caters to the preferences of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071520
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Height and Per Capita Income
Steckel, Richard H. - 2021
As an aid to interpreting the results of height-by-age studies this paper investigates the relationship between average height and per capita income. The relationships among income, nutrition, medical care, and height at the individual level suggest that average height is nonlinearly related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225976
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A consistent data series to evaluate growth and inequality in the national accounts
Fixler, Dennis J.; Johnson, David S.; Craig, Andrew; … - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 63 (2017), pp. 437-459
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011819431
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Human Capital Investment, Inequality and Economic Growth
Murphy, Kevin M. - 2016
We treat rising inequality is an equilibrium outcome in which human capital investment fails to keep pace with rising demand for skills. Investment affects skill supply and prices on three margins: the type of human capital in which to invest; how much to acquire; and the intensity of use. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001789
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Technological Diffusion, Conditional Convergence, and Economic Growth
Bloom, David E.; Canning, David; Sevilla, Jaypee - 2021
Technological diffusion implies a form of 'conditional convergence' as lagging countries catch up with technological leaders. We find strong evidence of technological diffusion but not full convergence; differences in total factor productivity (TFP) persist even in the long run due to differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013240307
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Post-1500 Population Flows and the Long Run Determinants of Economic Growth and Inequality
Putterman, Louis - 2010
We construct a matrix showing the share of the year 2000 population in every country that is descended from people in different source countries in the year 1500. Using this matrix, we analyze how post-1500 migration has influenced the level of GDP per capita and within-country income inequality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758246
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Underestimating the Real Growth of GDP, Personal Income and Productivity
Feldstein, Martin S. - 2017
The problems involved in estimating real output that I discuss in this paper cause the official government statistics to underestimate of the rates of growth of real GDP, real personal income, and productivity. That underestimation is important not just to economists trying to understand where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959380
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Putting Per-Capita Income Back into Trade Theory
Markusen, James R. - 2010
calibration, estimation, and gravity equations …
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Global inequality: levels and trends, 1993 - 2005 : how sensitive are these to the choice of PPPs and real income measures?
Warner, David; Prasada Rao, D. S.; Griffiths, William E.; … - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 60 (2014), pp. 281-304
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010493632