These are lecture notes for the article "Technological Progress and Economic Transformation," in the Handbook of Economic Growth, 2005, v. 1B, edited by Philippe Aghion and Steven N. Durlauf. Amsterdam: Elsevier North-Holland, pp. 1225-1273.

Este documento analiza cómo impacta en el desempeño escolar la reubicación de niños en servicios de cuidado tutelar, tras investigaciones familiares por maltrato infantil. Para estimar el efecto causal de la reubicación, se construye una variable instrumental. Dicha variable es la...

Summary of Banco de España Working Paper no. 2126

The institutional governance approach sees national economies embedded in a bundle of non-market types of coordination (e.g. corporate hierarchies, networks, associations and the state). Governance oriented research explores configurations of governance types in sectoral, regional and national...

Presented at a workshop at the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation, this document explores the logistical solutions deployed within contemporary Hawala-style value transmission systems. It suggests that those frustrated by the lack of an effective global payments system for retial...