An extensive body of literature exists about HIV/AIDS prevention methods and programs promoting condom use in sub-Saharan Africa; however, there is a dearth of research investigating condom distribution in the region. In order to address some of the gaps in the literature about obstacles to condom...

Using firm-level data from Bulgaria and Romania, this paper addresses a lacuna in the transition literature, namely, the link of firm-level employment turnover with firm-level growth in labour productivity. The results suggest that while net job creation at the firm level was affected by...

Entre 2000 y 2016, la renta per cápita en España permaneció estable y representó en torno al 90 % en relación con otros países avanzados de la Unión Europea (UE). Esta falta de convergencia se debe en gran medida al estancamiento de la productividad laboral en España. Este documento...

We have constructed a new database aimed at the study of the relation between firm demography and labour productivity, with a large number of Spanish firms from both industry and service sectors. This database allows us to analyze in detail the degree of dispersion and persistence of...

The literature on foreign direct investment (FDI) provides evidence on the relation from FDI to growth in the presence of some absorptive qualities such as existing level of development, financial market depth, trade policies and human capital thresholds. The analysis of FDI inflows in the...

This paper aims to conduct a precise test of the political economy hypothesis linking income inequality and economic growth. By choosing covariates from a detailed county-level dataset and assuming that U.S. counties experience perfect capital mobility, I shut off the four possible channels...

Historically, scholars of economic growth have focused almost exclusively on aggregate output or income as a way to assess the standard of living in a society. The purpose of this dissertation is to supplement and challenge this methodology by using evidence of the biological standard of living...

The basic machines of macroeconomics. Ramsey, Solow, Samuelson-Diamond, RBCs, ISLM, Mundell-Fleming, Fischer-Taylor. How they work, what shortcuts they take, and how they can be used. Half-term subject. From the course home page: Course Description This half semester class presents an...

In the context of the stabilization and economic growth that hasfollowed the Real plan introduced in mid 1994, the latest effort tocurb dramatically high inflation, the Brazilian automotive industryhas continued to grow following a series of policy changes occurredthroughout the 90s.The industry...