This paper offers the first systematic historical evidence on the role of a central actor in modern growth theory - the … engineers diverged in their growth trajectories over the next century. The results are supported by historical case studies from …

In this paper, we test whether the growth experience of a sample of OECD countries over the past three decades is more … consistent with the human-capital augmented Solow model of exogenous growth, or with an endogenous growth model à la Uzawa … implied by these two models to discriminate between them. Using pooled crosscountry time-series data, we specify our growth …

This paper presents empirical estimates of human-capital augmented growth equations for a panel of 21 OECD countries … growth model assumptions with the needs of panel data regressions. Unlike several previous studies, our results point to a … positive and significant impact of human capital accumulation to output per capita growth. The estimated long-run effect on …

We test whether the growth experience of a sample of 21 OECD countries over the past three decades is more consistent … specify our growth regression without imposing cross-country homogeneity restrictions on the speed of convergence and short … to heterogeneity in population growth, technical change or progressiveness of income taxes. Our estimated speed of …

The paper analyzes the comparative effects of alternative health financing mechanisms on economic growth within a two …-sector model with human capital. The transitional growth effects of a social insurance system are stronger than those of an out …, investments in health have stronger growth effects, which points to the relevance of health investments in particular for …

The paper provides a framework for analysis of optimal growth enhancing policy in the economy with market and … government failures. It develops an endogenous growth model with strategic complementarities between R&D investments of firms and … investments in training of households. The model generates two possible long-run equilibriums: no-growth poverty trap equilibrium …

growth and to use a proxy of human capital variable that incorporates quantitative and qualitative aspects of this factor … channels in which human capital affects the rate of income per worker growth: 1) improving the marginal productivity of labor …

We test whether the growth experience of a sample of 21 OECD countries over the past three decades is more consistent … specify our growth regression without imposing cross-country homogeneity restrictions on the speed of convergence and short … to heterogeneity in population growth, technical change or progressiveness of income taxes. Our estimated speed of …