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Human Capital, Unemployment, and Relative Wages in a Global Economy

Davis, Donald R. - 1997

statics are examined, including changes in educational capital and population, entry of new countries to the trading world …

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Immigration, Human Capital Formation and Endogenous Economic Growth

Ehrlich, Isaac - 2015

Census data from international sources covering 77% of the world's migrant population indicate that the skill …

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The Economics of Human Development and Social Mobility

Heckman, James J. - 2014

This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods...

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The Human Capital Stock : A Generalized Approach

Jones, Benjamin F. - 2011

This paper presents a new framework for human capital measurement. The generalized framework can (i) substantially amplify the role of human capital in accounting for cross-country income differences and (ii) reconcile the existing conflict between regression and accounting evidence in assessing...

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Importing Skill-Biased Technology

Burstein, Ariel - 2011

Capital equipment - such as computers and industrial machinery - embodies skill-biased technology, in the sense that it is complementary to skilled labor. Most countries import a large share of their capital equipment, and by doing so import skill-biased technology. In this paper we develop a...

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The Demographic Transition : Causes and Consequences

Galor, Oded - 2011

This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...

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Putting the Lid on Lobbying : Tariff Structure and Long-Term Growth when Protection is for Sale

Nunn, Nathan - 2006

It has long been recognized that a country's tariffs are the endogenous outcome of a rent-seeking game whose equilibrium reflects national institutions. Thus, the structure of tariffs across industries provides insights into how institutions, as reflected in tariff policies, affect long-term...

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Why Do Some Countries Produce So Much More Output per Worker than Others?

Hall, Robert E. - 1999

Output per worker varies enormously across countries. Why? On an accounting basis, our analysis shows that differences in physical capital and educational attainment can only partially explain the variation in output per worker we find a large amount of variation in the level of the Solow...

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Fooling Ourselves : Evaluating the Globalization and Growth Debate

Hallak, Juan Carlos - 2004

This paper evaluates how much of the economics profession has evaluated the evidence on the relationship between international trade and economic growth. The paper highlights the basic approaches to the trade and growth question that the literature has adopted. The case is made that more...

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Heckscher-Ohlin Theory and Individual Attitudes Towards Globalization

O'Rourke, Kevin - 2003

The aim of the paper is to see whether individuals' attitudes towards globalization are consistent with the predictions … of Heckscher-Ohlin theory. The theory predicts that the impact of being skilled or unskilled on attitudes towards trade …-skilled is associated with more pro-globalization attitudes in rich countries; while in some of the very poorest countries in the …

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