This paper analyzes the relationship between the entry of new firms and the innovation and productivity growth within … existing firms. In particular, we argue that liberalizing entry has a boosting effect on innovation and growth in those …

We utilize county-level data to explore the roles of different types of human capital accumulation in U.S. growth … county. This is a departure from much of the economic growth literature, which has (at least in part) relied on extrapolation … economic growth, (ii) the percentage obtaining a high school diploma is positively correlated with growth, and (iii) the …

This paper explores the implications of Unified Growth Theory for the origins of existing differences in income per … factors that have governed the pace of the transition from stagnation to growth and have thus contributed to contemporary … variation in economic development. It uncovers the forces that have sparked the emergence of multiple growth regimes and …

economic growth. The analysis focuses on recently advanced unified growth theories that capture the intricate evolution of …-unified growth models with the main characteristics of the process of development across most of human history induced growth … modern era of sustained economic growth, and the recent transition between these distinct regimes. Unified growth theory …

prime forces in the transition from stagnation to growth. The unprecedented increase in population growth during the early … fertility rates and population growth in various regions of the world, enabling economies to convert a larger share of the … fruits of factor accumulation and technological progress into growth of income per capita. This paper examines various …

sector, the public sector and foreign firms) on multifactor productivity growth of 16 countries from 1980 to 1998. The main … results show that the three sources of knowledge are significant determinants of long term productivity growth. Further … growth. These factors are the absorptive capability, the origin of funding, the socio economic objectives of government …

This paper develops a growth theory that captures the replacement of physical capital accumulation by human capital … accumulation as a prime engine of growth along the process of development. It argues that the positive impact of inequality on the … growth process was reversed in this process. In early stages of the Industrial Revolution, when physical capital accumulation …