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A classical model of education, growth and distribution

Dutt, Amitava Krishna; Veneziani, Roberto - 2017

We develop a classical macroeconomic model to examine the growth and distributional consequences of education. Contrary to the received wisdom, we show that human capital accumulation is not necessarily growth-inducing and inequality-reducing. Expansive education policies may foster growth and...

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Achieving rapid growth in the transition economies of Central Europe

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Democracy does not cause growth : the importance of endogeneity arguments

Ruiz Pozuelo, Julia; Slipowitz, Amy; Vuletin, Guillermo - 2016

This article challenges recent findings that democracy has sizable effects on economic growth. As extensive political … paper focuses on this endogeneity concern. Using a worldwide survey of 165 country-specific democracy experts conducted for … these more exogenous democratizations strongly indicates that democracy does not cause growth. Consequently, the common …

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