This paper combines development accounting exercises with economic theory to assess the importance of total factor … successful development benchmarks are explained by subpar productivity gains rather than slower factor accumulation. The … empirical analysis of the interplay between productivity and accumulation in the process of development suggests that one …

We explore the role of social mobility as a driver of economic development by constructing a panel data set that …-regional heterogeneity. Our findings show that increasing social mobility had a significant and robust impact on the development of Latin …