This paper develops a simple two-region endogenous growth model in which individuals must choose where to reside and the government decides the amount of productive public investments for each area. In such a framework, we analyze the implications of a change in government’s regional policy on...

To shed lights on growth, distribution and the relationships between the two, we develop a growth model with heterogeneous individuals who care about social status. Individuals' heterogeneity stems from two sources: their innate skills and their degree of ambition. While the willingness of...

We introduce status in the most standard (canonical) macro model that is able to provide an analysis of growth and distribution. We consider the question of whether status considerations enable the model to meet some important empirical findings (which we review) related to rising labour supply...