Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress,
Reader's Edition Page 1 Creating a Learning Society KENNETH J. ARROW LECTURE SERIES …

Es algo conocido, desde hace mucho tiempo, que el desarrollo de la calidad de vida es el
resultado de los avances en el conocimiento y la tecnología, no de la acumulación de …

Income and wealth inequalities have increased substantially in many regions of the world
since the 1980s. This evolution came after a relatively egalitarian period from 1950 to 1980 …

The small open economies in Scandinavia have for long periods had high work effort, small
wage differentials, high productivity, and a generous welfare state. To understand how this …

Instrumental variable (IV) strategies are widely used in political science to establish causal
relationships. However, the identifying assumptions required by an IV design are …

Social mobility is limited in most industrialized countries, and especially in the United States:
Children born to relatively poor parents are less likely to prosper than other children. This …

We formalize and examine two overlapping models that show how rising inequality
combined with ethnic and racial heterogeneity can explain why many advanced industrial …

What kinds of social and economic systems are most conducive to innovation? We formulate
a simple model in which countries can close the gap with the technological leader, but …

In the past 15 to 20 years, considerable progress has been made in understanding how
politics and institutions shape poverty. Traditionally, studies of poverty, especially in the …

Income inequality and political polarization have both increased dramatically in the United
States over the last several decades. A small but growing literature has suggested that these …