utilization. First, it explains why utilization is a crucial variable for the various theories of growth and distribution … growth rate of demand that matters, not the level of demand.The paper makes three contributions. First, following up on …

Building on a Kaleckian-structuralist macroeconomic growth model this paper examines the impact of the interaction … between labor market gender equality and social reproduction (SR) or care provisioning, on economic growth across U.S. states … relationship between women's labor force participation rate (WLFPR) and state's per-capita growth rate across these regimes. The …

declines. In this paper, we examine whether faster growth in the Hispanic population is linked to faster growth in income per … capita in rural areas and small towns. Our results indicate strong support for the hypothesis that Hispanic population growth … has fueled increased economic growth in those small, rural communities whose populations had been in decline during the …

We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect … sensitivity analyses of cross-country growth regressions generate remarkably stable results across specifications, time periods …, and country samples. In addressing causality, we find, first, significant growth effects of cognitive skills when …