IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6024

Should Easier Access to International Credit Replace Foreign Aid?

Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Sajal Lahiri, Javed Younas

revised version published as 'Financing Growth Through Foreign Aid and Private Foreign Loans: Nonlinearities and Complementarities' in: Journal of International Money and Finance, 2015, 56, 75-96

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6004

A General Model of Technical Change with an Application to the OECD Countries

Almas Heshmati, Subal C. Kumbhakar

published in: Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2014, 23(1), 25-48.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5991

Human Capital and Growth: Specification Matters

Uwe Sunde, Thomas Vischer

revised version published in: Economica, 2015, 82(326), 368–390

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5969

Then and Now: Reflections on Two Australian Mining Booms

Bob Gregory

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5929

Economic Growth and Child Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh and China

Syeda Shahanara Begum, Quheng Deng, Björn Anders Gustafsson

published in: Journal of Asian Economics, 2012, 23 (1), 73 - 85

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5901

Health and Economic Development: Evidence from the Introduction of Public Health Care

Anthony Strittmatter, Uwe Sunde

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (4), 1549-1584

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5856

Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa

Graziella Bertocchi

revised version published in: Olivier de la Grandville (ed.), Economic Growth and Development, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 11, Bingley, 2011, 25 - 41

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5853

Immigration, Unemployment and Growth in the Host Country: Bootstrap Panel Granger Causality Analysis on OECD Countries

Ekrame Boubtane, Dramane Coulibaly, Christophe Rault

published in: Economic Modelling, 2013, 33, 261-269

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5838

The NRU and the Evolution of Regional Disparities in Spanish Unemployment

Roberto Bande, Marika Karanassou

published online before print in: Urban Studies, 2013, February 25, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5814

Exponential Growth Bias and Financial Literacy

Johan Almenberg, Christer Gerdes

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2012, 19 (17), 1693-1696

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5756

Learning about Education

Patrick M. Emerson, Bruce McGough

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5676

Immigration and Innovation in European Regions

Ceren Ozgen, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot

published in: P. Nijkamp, J. Poot J and M. Sahin (eds.) Migration Impact Assessment: New Horizons, Edward Elgar, 2012

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5643

Democratization, Violent Social Conflicts, and Growth

Matteo Cervellati, Uwe Sunde

substantially revised version published as 'Civil Conflict, Democratization, and Growth: Violent Democratization as Critical Juncture' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2014, 116 (2), 482-505

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5598

Risk, Institutions and Growth: Why England and Not China?

Avner Greif, Murat Iyigun, Diego Sasson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5510

Trends in Individual Income Growth: Measurement Methods and British Evidence

Stephen P. Jenkins, Philippe Van Kerm

published in: Economica, 83 (332), October 2016, 679–703.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5510

Trends in Individual Income Growth: Measurement Methods and British Evidence

Stephen P. Jenkins, Philippe Van Kerm

published in: Economica, 83 (332), October 2016, 679–703.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5510

Trends in Individual Income Growth: Measurement Methods and British Evidence

Stephen P. Jenkins, Philippe Van Kerm

published in: Economica, 83 (332), October 2016, 679–703.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5486

The Shape of the Income Distribution and Economic Growth: Evidence from Swedish Labor Market Regions

Dan-Olof Rooth, Anders Stenberg

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 59 (2), 196-223

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5469

Population Growth and Multiple Equilibria: Inferences from a Modified Ramsey Model

Ulla Lehmijoki

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5422

The Long-Run Effects of Mortality Decline in Developing Countries

Ulla Lehmijoki, Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5422

The Long-Run Effects of Mortality Decline in Developing Countries

Ulla Lehmijoki, Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5401

How Much Do Educational Outcomes Matter in OECD Countries?

Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Economic Policy, 2011, 26 (67), 427-491

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5377

Labor Market Developments in China: A Neoclassical View

Suqin Ge, Dennis T. Yang

published in: China Economic Review, 2011, 22 (4), 611-625

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5376

Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances on Output Growth: Evidence from Turkey

Aysit Tansel, Pınar Yaşar

published in: Migration Letters, 2010, 7 (2), 132-143

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5334

Whither Corruption? A Quantitative Survey of the Literature on Corruption and Growth

Nauro F. Campos, Ralitza Dimova, Ahmad Saleh

published as 'Corruption and Economic Growth: An Econometric Survey of the Evidence' in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2016, 172 (3), 521-543

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5304

An Empirical Study of the Relationships between CO2 Emissions, Economic Growth and Openness

Eunho Choi, Almas Heshmati, Yongsung Cho

published in: Korean Journal of Environmental Policy 2011, 10(4), 3-37.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5298

What Do We Work For? An Anatomy of Pre- and Post-Tax Earnings Growth

Anders Frederiksen, Timothy J. Halliday, Alexander K. Koch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5274

Can Private School Growth Foster Universal Literacy? Panel Evidence from Indian Districts

Sarmistha Pal, Geeta G. Kingdon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5249

Are Microloans Bad for Growth?

Patrick M. Emerson, Bruce McGough

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5247

Institutions and Economic Performance: What Can Be Explained?

Simon Commander, Zlatko Nikoloski

published in: Review of Economics and Institutions, 2012

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5239

Modernization of Agriculture and Long-Term Growth

Dennis T. Yang, Xiaodong Zhu

published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2013, 60 (3), 367–382

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5230

Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth

Daniel W. Sacks, Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers

published in: The World Bank (ed.). Development Challenges in a Post-Crisis World, 2012

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5202

Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology

Markus Poschke

superseded by DP 7991.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5187

Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Gerald Roland

published in : Review of Economics and Statistics , 2017, 99(3), 402-416

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5163

Within- and Cross-Firm Mobility and Earnings Growth

Anders Frederiksen, Timothy J. Halliday, Alexander K. Koch

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2016, 69 (2), 320-353

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5151

International Trade and its Effects on Economic Growth in China

Peng Sun, Almas Heshmati

published in: China Economic Policy Review, 2012, 1(2), 35-60.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5065

The Phantom of the Opera: Cultural Amenities, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth

Oliver Falck, Michael Fritsch, Stephan Heblich

published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (6), 755-766

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5008

Rising Wages: Has China Lost Its Global Labor Advantage?

Dennis T. Yang, Vivian Chen, Ryan Monarch

published in: Pacific Economic Review, 2010, 15 (4), 482-504

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5007

Quantifying Optimal Growth Policy

Volker Grossmann, Thomas M. Steger, Timo Trimborn

published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2016, 18 (3), 451-485

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5007

Quantifying Optimal Growth Policy

Volker Grossmann, Thomas M. Steger, Timo Trimborn

published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2016, 18 (3), 451-485

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4997

The Importance of Skill Measurement for Growth Accounting

Øivind Anti Nilsen, Arvid Raknerud, Marina Rybalka, Terje Skjerpen

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2011, 57 (2), 293-305 [view]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4943

North-South Trade-Related Technology Diffusion: Virtuous Growth Cycles in Latin America

Maurice Schiff, Yanling Wang

published in: El Trimestre Economico, 2012, 79 (2), 289-311 (Lead Article)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4926

Sample Selectivity and the Validity of International Student Achievement Tests in Economic Research

Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Economics Letters, 2011, 110 (2), 79-82

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4920

Do Rising Top Incomes Lift All Boats?

Dan Andrews, Christopher Jencks, Andrew Leigh

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2011, 11, article 6

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4834

Excess Leverage and Productivity Growth in Emerging Economies: Is There A Threshold Effect?

Fabrizio Coricelli, Nigel Driffield, Sarmistha Pal, Isabelle Roland

revised version published as 'When does leverage hurt productivity growth? A firm-level analysis' in: Journal of International Money and Finance, 2012, 31 (6), 1674-1694

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4808

Do Output Contractions Trigger Democratic Change?

Paul J. Burke, Andrew Leigh

published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2010, 2 (4), 124-157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4784

Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth: The Case of Chinese Provinces

Almas Heshmati, Subal C. Kumbhakar

published in: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2011, 78 (4), 575-590

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4764

Accounting for China's Growth

Loren Brandt, Xiaodong Zhu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4762

Does Conflict Disrupt Growth? Evidence of the Relationship between Political Instability and National Economic Performance

Solomon Polachek, Daria Sevastianova

published in: Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2011, [iFirst]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4683

International Specialization and the Return to Capital

Catia Batista, Jacques Potin

published in: B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (Advances), 2015, 15 (2), 467-508

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4682

Are Hispanic Immigrant Families Reviving the Economies of America's Small Towns?

Dennis Coates, T. H. Gindling

published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2013, 31 (4), 649-668

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4629

Efficient Subsidization of Human Capital Accumulation with Overlapping Generations and Endogenous Growth

Wolfram F. Richter, Christoph Braun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4597

Dynamic Ethnic Fractionalization and Economic Growth in the Transition Economies from 1989 to 2007

Nauro F. Campos, Ahmad Saleh, Vitaliy S. Kuzeyev

published in: Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2011, 20 (2),129-152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4576

Schooling, Cognitive Skills, and the Latin American Growth Puzzle

Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99 (2), 497-512

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4575

Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes, and Causation

Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2012, 17 (4), 267-321

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4557

The Trade-off between Fertility and Education: Evidence from before the Demographic Transition

Sascha O. Becker, Francesco Cinnirella, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2010, 15 (3), 177–204

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4537

Oil Exports and the Iranian Economy

Hadi Salehi Esfahani, Kamiar Mohaddes, M. Hashem Pesaran

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4522

The Effect of Migration on Income Growth and Convergence: Meta-Analytic Evidence

Ceren Ozgen, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot

published in: Papers in Regional Science, 2010, 89 (3), 537-561

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4453

Regional Economic Growth and Human Capital: The Role of Overeducation

Raul Ramos, Jordi Surinach, Manuel Artís

published in: Regional Studies, 2012, 46 (10), 1389-1400

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4396

Better Means More: Property Rights and High-Growth Aspiration Entrepreneurship

Saul Estrin, Julia Korosteleva, Tomasz Mickiewicz

substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No. 5481

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4393

Re-Orient? MNC Penetration and Contemporary Shifts in the Global Political Economy

Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati

published in: Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, 2011, 44 (3), 1-20

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4353

Gradients of the Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Developing Countries

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Samantha Rawlings

Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95 (2), 660 - 672

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4342

The Part-Time Pay Penalty in a Segmented Labor Market

Daniel Fernández-Kranz, Núria Rodríguez-Planas

published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (5), 591-606

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4323

Gender Wage Inequality and Economic Growth: Is There Really a Puzzle?

Thomas Schober, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

published in: World Development, 2011, 39 (8), 1476-1484

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4299

Productivity Growth and the Phillips Curve: A Reassessment of the US Experience

Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala

published in: Bulletin of Economic Research, 2012, 64 (3), 344–366

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4299

Productivity Growth and the Phillips Curve: A Reassessment of the US Experience

Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala

published in: Bulletin of Economic Research, 2012, 64 (3), 344–366

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4298

Rebalancing Growth in Asia

Eswar Prasad

published in: International Finance, 2011, 14 (1), 27 - 66

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4298

Rebalancing Growth in Asia

Eswar Prasad

published in: International Finance, 2011, 14 (1), 27 - 66

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4295

The End of Destitution

Ian Gazeley, Andrew T. Newell

published as' The end of destitution: evidence from urban British working households, 1904-37' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2012, 64 (1), 80-102

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4252

The US Inflation-Unemployment Tradeoff: Methodological Issues and Further Evidence

Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala

published as 'The US Inflation-Unemployment Trade-off Revisited: New Evidence for Policy Making' in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2010, 32 (6), 758-777

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4247

Structural Change out of Agriculture: Labor Push versus Labor Pull

Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado, Markus Poschke

published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2011, 3 (3), 127-158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4226

Foreign Acquisition, Plant Survival, and Employment Growth

Roger Bandick, Holger Görg

published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2010, 43(2), 547-573

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4199

A Sequential Malmquist-Luenberger Productivity Index

Donghyun Oh, Almas Heshmati

published as 'A sequential Malmquist–Luenberger productivity index: Environmentally sensitive productivity growth considering the progressive nature of technology ' in: Energy Economics, 2011, 32 (6), 1345 - 1355

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4156

The Impact of Aid on Growth Revisited: Do Donor Motives Matter?

Christopher Kilby, Axel Dreher

published in: Economics Letters, 2010, 107 (3), 338-340

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4133

Thresholds in the Process of International Financial Integration

M. Ayhan Kose, Eswar Prasad, Ashley D. Taylor

published in: Journal of International Money and Finance, 2011, 30(1), 147-179

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4124

Risk Attitude and Wage Growth: Replication and Reconstruction

Santiago Budría, Luis Diaz-Serrano, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Joop Hartog

published as "Risk-Aversion and Income Growth: Replicating Shaw (1996)" in: Empirical Economics, 2013, 44 (2), 981-1004

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4060

Happiness and Growth the World Over: Time Series Evidence on the Happiness-Income Paradox

Richard A. Easterlin, Laura Angelescu McVey

published in: R.A. Easterlin, Happiness, Growth, and the Life Cycle, Chapter 5, Oxford University Press, 2011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4021

An Innovation Index Based on Knowledge Capital Investment: Definition and Results for the UK Market Sector

Tony Clayton, Mariela Dal Borgo, Jonathan Haskel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4019

Fertility Changes in Latin America in the Context of Economic Uncertainty

Alicia Adsera, Alicia Menendez

published as 'Fertility changes in Latin America in periods of economic uncertainty' in: Population Studies, 2011, 65 (1), 37 - 56

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4000

Happiness and Economic Growth: Does the Cross Section Predict Time Trends? Evidence from Developing Countries

Richard A. Easterlin, Onnicha Sawangfa

published in: E. Diener, J. Helliwell, and D. Kahneman (eds.), International Differences in Well-Being. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3928

Zipf's Law for Cities in the Regions and the Country

Kristian Giesen, Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2011, 11 (4), 667-686

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3919

Regional Measures of Human Capital in the European Union

Christian Dreger, Georg Erber, Daniela Glocker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3841

Does the Growth Process Discriminate against Older Workers?

François Langot, Eva Moreno-Galbis

published in: Journal of Macroeconomics, 2013, 38, 286-306

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3808