Purpose: The link between population growth and economic growth has been becoming of most significant interest for researchers. However, there is no consensus among economists and researchers about the interaction between population and economic growth. Using timeseries data spanning from the...

During the Second Industrial Revolution and subsequently, it is widely believed that Black Americans contributed disproportionately little to the economic development of the United States, especially in comparison to European Americans and immigrants from Europe. Yet, Black Americans tended to...

In developing countries like Pakistan, the family planning program has been the principal instrument of a population policy to influence fertility behaviour and preferences. For effective implementation of such programmes, media plays a crucial role to bring awareness among people. Through...

This paper analyses the impact of technological capabilities on convergence. While looking at the relevance of differences in technological capabilities has a long tradition in economics when it comes to explaining persistent deviations in income, we provide econometric tests on the role of...

This paper uses a sample of over 9.5 million workers from 22 European countries to study the intertwined effects of digital technology and cross-border production links on workers' wellbeing. We compare the social effects of technological change exhibited by three types of innovation:...

International climate negotiations have been hamstrung by a dispute over whether a handful of developed countries have "historical responsibility" for climate change. The thesis rests on the presumed fact that a small number of early-industrializing nations (the "accused" countries) emitted an...

This paper compares two alternative growth paths, assessing the effects on productivity of specialisation in natural resources (NR) and in technologically advanced products. The empirical analysis exploits product-level export data for 109 developing and 51 developed economies over the period...

This study compares the estimation errors of several present value discounting conventions (end-of-year, mid-year, and the more recently proposed harmonic mean convention) for a uniform distribution of intra-period cash flow - continuous and discrete. Our results show that the mid-year...

Asia is aging, although there is significant heterogeneity across subregions and economies. Population aging poses two strategic challenges for the region: sustaining economic growth and delivering old-age economic security. In this paper, we leverage the lifecycle perspective-that individuals'...