GRAFTON, R. QUENTIN; KNOWLES, STEPHEN; OWEN, P. DORIAN - In: The Economic Record 80 (2004) 250, pp. 302-313
The paper introduces the concept of social divergence, defined as the social barriers to communication and exchange between individuals and groups within a society, and analyses its impact on total factor productivity and per capita income. Using a cross section of 27 developing countries, total...