start with the relation between development and rural–urban migration. Moving beyond the coarse rural–urban distinction, we … theoretical models that can account for what we observe in the data. When discussing the stylized facts on geography and …

physical geography attributes. A full set of country indicators only explains a further 10%. When we divide geographic … characteristics into two groups, those primarily important for agriculture and those primarily important for trade, we find that the … agriculture variables have relatively more explanatory power in countries that developed early and the trade variables have …

physical geography attributes. A full set of country indicators only explains a further 10%. When we divide geographic … characteristics into two groups, those primarily important for agriculture and those primarily important for trade, we find that the … agriculture variables have relatively more explanatory power in countries that developed early and the trade variables have …