Growth theory has traditionally assumed the existence of an aggregate production function,
whose existence and properties are closely tied to the assumption of optimal resource …

Volumes 2A and 2B of The Handbook of Economic Growth summarize recent advances in
theoretical and empirical work while offering new perspectives on a range of growth …

" That raising income levels alleviates poverty, and that economic growth can be more or
less effective in doing so, is well known and has received renewed attention in the search for …

This chapter analyzes the international evidence on the relationship between educational
wage premia and the distribution of personal labor earnings. The aim is to review what is …

Abstract The UN Millennium Project Task Force on Education and Gender Equality, an
expert advisory group commissioned by the UN Secretary‐General, was asked to examine …

This study examines two ways by which education might affect the probability of civil war
onset. First, educational investment provides a strong signal to the people that the …

This paper examines higher education policy in Chile after the return to democracy in 1990
from an equity perspective. Chile faces the challenge of implementing equity-oriented …

En este estudio se revisan algunos aspectos de distribución relacionados con el mercado
laboral en América Latina. El mercado de trabajo tiene una elevada importancia para la …

El documento muestra una revisión de la literatura reciente sobre el mercado laboral y la
problemática de la desigualdad salarial e identifica las principales características del …

Polymorphisms within the transcription factor 7‐like 2 gene (TCF7L2) have been associated
with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in several recent studies. We characterized three of these …