Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 16, No. 4 (December 2011), pp. 343-370 (28 pages) This article shows, in a two-sector Malthusian model of endogenous population growth, that output per capita, ...

This paper develops a quantifiable unified growth theory to investigate cross-country comparative development. The calibrated model can replicate the historical development dynamics in forerunner ...

A few years ago, two economics professors, Quamrul Ashraf and Oded Galor, published a paper, “The Out of Africa Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development,” that drew ...

Hunter, Janet, and G. Jones. "Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective." Chap. 10 in Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in ...

Economic development is important to many communities to increase jobs and long-term revenue growth. Local governments can encourage economic development and growth through a variety of tools, such as ...

Kari Polanyi Levitt is Emerita Professor of Economics at McGill University, Montreal, and was the George Beckford Professor of Political Economy at the University of the West Indies, Mona from 1995 to ...

Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna. "Physical, Social and Informational Barriers to Domestic Migration." Chap. 9 in Institutions and Comparative Economic Development, edited by Masahiko Aoki, ...