Papers Topics - Economic Growth, Economic History: - The transition from stagnation to growth - The Great Divergence - Geography versus institutions - International trade and growth - Technical progress versus human capital - Health and demographics - Social structure and the role of families

The conference will include a combination of theoretical models, measurement analysis, and empirical results. It will serve to bring together researchers working on the long-run effects of macroeconomic volatility, with a particular emphasis on issues relevant to developing countries. The...