economic development. The empirical analysis performed in the thesis, and summarised here, focuses on two mayor world trends in … modern economic development, namely increasing agglomeration and rising inequalities within countries. In particular, the … impact of both trends on long-run economic growth is studied, and results are discussed in light of relevant policy debate. …

at different stages of development when entering in a new catching-up cycle. Thus, the technological drivers of growth …This article studies the role of technology drivers in catching up at different stages of development. Countries can be …] can play different roles to accelerate the rate of growth and change their relative position in the leadership rank (win …

A large literature documents the positive influence of a city's skill structure on its rate of economic growth. By … contrast, the effect of a city's age structure on its economic growth has been a hitherto largely neglected area of research … or seniors. The paper sets out the potential channels through which such differential growth may occur. Using data from a …

development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility …

economic development. The empirical analysis performed in the thesis, and summarised here, focuses on two mayor world trends in … modern economic development, namely increasing agglomeration and rising inequalities within countries. In particular, the … impact of both trends on long-run economic growth is studied, and results are discussed in light of relevant policy debate. …