-country panel dataset containing detailed information on the distribution of income and expenditures. When the size of the middle …

-country panel dataset containing detailed information on the distribution of income and expenditures. When the size of the middle …

-country panel dataset containing detailed information on the distribution of income and expenditures. When the size of the middle …

This paper examines whether growth regressions should incorporate dualism and structural change. If there is a … factor productivity. The paper develops empirical growth models that allow for this effect in a more flexible way than … labour can explain a significant fraction of the international variation in TFP growth. …

for growth, especially for developing countries. The empirical literature has not been able to conclusively establish the … presumed growth benefits of financial integration. Indeed, a new literature proposes that the indirect benefits of financial …

We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism … innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …

international tests, and growth. We take account of another fifteen years of growth and approximately twice as many test score … results. We treat the data first as a panel, relating growth only to test scores at earlier dates, and then as a cross …-section. In both cases we find the effect of schooling quality on growth to be statistically significant but substantially smaller …

determinants of growth rates of per capita GDP among countries using two variants of Edward Leamerâ??s extreme-bounds analysis is … the factors that most affect differences of growth rates are ones that are beyond the control of policymakers. …