A large literature documents the positive influence of a city's skill structure on its rate of economic growth. By … contrast, the effect of a city's age structure on its economic growth has been a hitherto largely neglected area of research … or seniors. The paper sets out the potential channels through which such differential growth may occur. Using data from a …

This paper examines the growth effects of different dimensions of international trade integration-notably, volume … trade dimensions for the region and the traditional sources of growth. Second, it empirically estimates the impact of trade … integration on growth per worker and the sources of growth; that is, growth of capital per worker and total factor productivity …

2014. Economic slumps are defined as abrupt interruptions of a period of growth by several regime switches. Slumps start … with a sharp contraction along with a trend break, which is followed by another switch when growth stabilizes again. The …, suggesting that institutions constraining leaders are important for stabilizing growth. This is particularly relevant for Sub …

Growth fluctuations exhibit substantial synchronization across countries, which has been viewed as reflecting a global … countries. This paper brings these two perspectives together by analyzing international growth fluctuations in a setting that … that the cross-country dependence of aggregate growth is the combined result of global shocks summarized by a latent common …

internationally, with severe economic and financial disruptions in many countries around the world. The 2009 global recession, set off … the crisis, advanced economies felt the brunt of the recession. The subsequent expansion has been the weakest in the post … emerging market and developing economies weathered the 2009 global recession relatively well and delivered a stronger recovery …

. Socioeconomic drivers play a major role: optimistic baseline scenarios (rapid and inclusive growth with universal access to basic …