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Inter-ethnic redistribution and human investments
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2009
This article analyzes income redistribution in the inter-ethnic context. The model shows that redistribution in favor of less prosperous ethnic minorities raises fertility among the unskilled minority recipients, lowers fertility among the contributing local skilled, slows human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336073
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Economic Growth and Evolution : Parental Preferences for Quality and Quantity of Offspring
Collins, Jason - 2012
This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the model developed in Galor and Moav, Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth (2002), in which agents vary genetically in their preference for quality and quantity of children. The simulation produces a pattern of income and population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013114693
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The Chinese Export Bundles: Patterns, Puzzles and Possible Explanations
Wang, Zhi; Wei, Shang-Jin - 2008
China's exports have become increasingly sophisticated. This has generated anxiety in developed countries as the … competitive pressure may be increasingly felt outside labor-intensive industries. Using product-level data on exports from … different cities within China, this paper investigates the contributing factors to the rising export sophistication. Somewhat …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807632
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Is tolerance good or bad for growth?
Berggren, Niclas; Elinder, Mikael - 2010
We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We provide estimates based on cross-sectional as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321391
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2008 Lawrence R. Klein lecture - Comparative economic development: Insights from unified growth theory
Galor, Oded - 2009
This paper explores the implications of Unified Growth Theory for the origins of existing differences in income per capita across countries. The theory sheds light on three fundamental layers of comparative development. It identifies the factors that have governed the pace of the transition from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284035
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The demographic transition: Causes and consequences
Galor, Oded - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284073
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Immigration, fertility and human capital: A model of economic decline of the West
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2010
I show how the influences of unskilled immigration, differential fertility between immigrants and the local indigenous population, and incentives for investment in human capital combine to predict the decline of the West. In particular, indigenous low-skilled workers lose from unskilled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335967
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Abortion and human capital accumulation: A contribution to the understanding of the gender gap in education
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2008
This article analyzes the relationship between abortion and female education. It provides new empirical evidence from sub-Saharan Africa to show that more liberal abortion policies are associated with a higher female secondary school enrollment. It is assumed in the model that easier access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336058
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Flowers of evil? Industrialization and long run development
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded - 2018
This research explores the effect of industrialization on the process of development. In contrast to conventional wisdom that views industrial development as a catalyst for economic growth, the study establishes that while the adoption of industrial technology was conducive to economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058637
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Human Capital and the Dynamic Effects of Trade
Auer, Raphael A. - 2015
This paper examines the cross-country income and welfare consequences of trade-induced human capital (dis-)accumulation. The model is based on heterogeneous workers who make educational decisions in the presence of complete markets. When such heterogeneous workers invest in schooling, high type...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430115