This review of the book by Thomas Piketty, The capital in the XXI century, presents the central themes of the work and …

We study the effects of capital mobility in a two-country economy with endogenous growth. In contrast with standard … endogenous grwoth settings, this model can account for intentional private capital flows from rich to poor countries, and the …

We develop a quantitative theory of human capital with heterogeneous agents in order to assess the sources of cross … capital technology. We then assess the model's ability to explain the cross-country data. Our quantitative model generates a … amplified through physical and human capital accumulation to generate a factor of 20 difference in output per worker --- as …

exports improve productivity, but imports hurt it. Regarding domestic variables, we find that human capital is the most …

the data than the standard growth accounting framework and allows for a breakdown of labor productivity into capital … efficiency levels, while they diverged in capital deepening and technological progress …

others. This manipulation holds constant wages and piece rates, as well as human and physical capital. On cash-rich days …