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Inequality in Land Ownership, the Emergence of Human Capital Promoting Institutions and the Great Divergence

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Vollrath, Dietrich - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

capital promoting institutions (e.g., public schooling) and thus the pace and the nature of the transition from an …

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Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions Over Geography and Integration in Economic Development

Rodrik, Dani; Subramanian, Arvind; Trebbi, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining income levels around the … world, using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of … institutions 'trumps' everything else. Once institutions are controlled for, measures of geography have at best weak direct effects …

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In Search of the Holy Grail: Policy Convergence, Experimentation and Economic Performance

Mukand, Sharun W.; Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We consider a model of policy choice in which appropriate policies depend on a country’s own circumstances, but the presence of a successful leader generates an informational externality and results in too little ‘policy experimentation’. Corrupt governments are reined in while honest...

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Endogenous Growth, Human Capital, and Industry Wages

Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

Lucas' 1988 model of the external effects of human capital formation is used as a starting point for an analysis of the impact of human capital on wages. Most empirical tests of new growth theory are based on time-series and cross-section data. This paper suggests a microeconometric approach to...

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The Mystery of Monogamy

Gould, Eric D; Moav, Omer; Simhon, Avi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper examines why developed countries are monogamous while rich men throughout history have tended to practice polygyny (multiple wives). Wealth inequality naturally produces multiple wives for rich men in a standard model of the marriage market where polygyny is not ruled out. Our model...

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Doctors without Borders: The Returns to an Occupational License for Soviet Immigrant Physicians in Israel

Kugler, Adriana D.; Sauer, Robert M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

Re-licensing requirements for professionals that move across borders are widespread. In this Paper, we measure the returns to an occupational license using novel data on Soviet trained physicians that immigrated to Israel. An immigrant re-training assignment rule used by the Israel Ministry of...

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Growth, Distance to Frontier and Composition of Human Capital

Aghion, Philippe; Meghir, Costas; Vandenbussche, Jérôme - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

We examine the contribution of human capital to economy-wide technological improvements through the two channels of innovation and imitation. We develop a theoretical model showing that skilled labour has a higher growth-enhancing effect closer to the technological frontier under the reasonable...

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Growth Effects of Education and Social Capital in the OECD Countries

Temple, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This paper surveys the empirical literature on the growth effects of education and social capital. The main focus is on the cross-country evidence for the OECD countries, but the paper also briefly reviews evidence from labour economics, to clarify where empirical work on education using macro...

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British Economic Growth Since 1945: Relative Economic Decline .... and Renaissance?

Bean, Charles R; Crafts, Nicholas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

draws on recent work in growth theory and places institutions and government policy at the heart of the growth process. We …

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Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey

Djankov, Simeon; Murrell, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We survey the empirical literature analysing the process of enterprise restructuring in transition economies. The survey provides new insights into the relative effectiveness of different reform policies, and into how this effectiveness varies across regions. We study the effects of...

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