"Understanding why so many people across the world are so poor is one of the central intellectual challenges of our time. What explains a pattern of extreme destitution for billions combined with plutocratic levels of income for a tiny minority? This book offers a novel approach to addressing...

Understanding why so many people across the world are so poor is one of the central intellectual challenges of our time. This book provides the tools and data that will enable students, researchers and professionals to address that issue.Empirical Development Economics has been designed as a...

While trade integration is often regarded as a principal determinant of economic growth, the empirical evidence for a causal linkage between trade and growth is ambiguous. This paper argues that the effect of trade in dynamic panel estimations depends crucially on the specification of trade....

Ist gesellschaftlicher Wohlstand ohne ökonomisches Wachstum möglich? Dieses Paper gibt einen Überblick über jüngere wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen zum Thema. Schwerpunkte sind Begründungen und Ausprägungen von Wachstumsskepsis, alternative Wohlstandsindikatoren und Alternativen zur...