This paper studies the correlation between inequality, measured by the Gini coefficent of incomes, and the growth rate … of per capita GDP in a panel of countries between the late 1950s and late 1990s. Inequality Granger causes growth with a … negative coefficient, while growth Granger causes inequality with a positive sign. Quantitatively, the former effect appears …

overall trade is not the most appropriate measure for technology diffusion as a source of productivity growth and propose to …

This paper examines data on economic growth and various social indicators and compares the past 25 years (1980 … seen a sharp slowdown in the rate of economic growth, as well as a decline in the rate of progress on major social …

tested relating the relevant variables to the rate of GDP growth (including labor productivity growth). The results suggest … that the growth in public and private investment spending has had a positive effect on the rate of productivity growth in …

Employing cross-country data, this paper evaluates the transitional dynamics predictions of a non-scale growth model of … endogenous technology innovation and imitation. We show that, unlike the neoclassical growth framework, the transitional dynamics … of the R&D-based growth model can account for growth "miracles". The additional convergence power provided by technology …

This paper develops a growth theory that accounts for the evolution of trade policy, underlying internal class …

participation rate effect, but also a growth effect. Life-cycle savings, investment deepening, foreign capital flows, and schooling … have all been greatly affected by the demographic transition. The paper discusses just how much of these positive growth …

the current situation in Pakistan with regard to the potential drivers of growth, based on the earlier discussion of the …

evolved non-monotonically in the course of human history. In early stages of development, risk-tolerant, growth promoting … evolutionary advantage, diminishing the growth potential of advanced economies and contributing to convergence in economic growth …