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Gradients of the Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Developing Countries

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rawlings, Samantha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

, education and public health, changes that are often delivered by economic growth. It uses individual survey data on 2.24 million …

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The Inequality-Growth Plateau

Henderson, Daniel J.; Qian, Junhui; Wang, Le - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We examine the (potentially nonlinear) relationship between inequality and growth using a method which does not require …

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Religion and Innovation

Benabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...

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Innovation, Inequality and a Golden Rule for Growth in an Economy with Cobb-Douglas Function and an R&D Sector

Welfens, Paul J. J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

The innovative approach presented introduces a modified neoclassical growth model which includes a new bias of … technological progress in a quasi-endogenous growth model in which part of labor is used in the research & development sector. The … capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …

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The Continued Search for the Solow Residual: The Role of National Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Acs, Zoltan J.; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper introduces a new concept in addition to the traditional measures of stocks of capital, labor, human capital and knowledge, to understand the Solow Residual: National Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (NEE). The NEE construct is based on a methodology that combines institutions and human...

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Immigration and Economic Growth in the OECD Countries, 1986-2006

Boubtane, Ekrame; Dumont, Jean-Christophe; Rault, Christophe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986 … capital on economic growth. And second, the contribution of immigrants to human capital accumulation tends to dominate the …

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Capital Account Policies, IMF Programs and Growth in Developing Regions

Bicaba, Zorobabel; Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

policymakers' beliefs about the impact of capital account liberalization on growth, under the 'Mundell's trilemma constraint. The …

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Trust, Growth and Well-being: New Evidence and Policy Implications

Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and growth. It discusses the various measures of trust …

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The Real Exchange Rate and Growth in Zimbabwe: Does the Currency Regime Matter?

Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Zimbabwe faces growth and external competitiveness challenges, as indicated by its low trend growth and investment … 2008 economic collapse and under the current multicurrency regime. While overvaluation hampers GDP growth, as well as … growth and employment in export sectors, we have not found that undervaluation would raise it. Replacing the multicurrency …

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Engineers, Innovative Capacity and Development in the Americas

Maloney, William F.; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Using newly collected national and sub-national data and historical case studies, this paper argues that differences in innovative capacity, captured by the density of engineers at the dawn of the Second Industrial Revolution, are important to explaining present income differences, and, in...

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