Globalization, brain drain, and development

F Docquier, H Rapoport - Journal of economic literature, 2012 - pubs.aeaweb.org
This paper reviews four decades of economics research on the brain drain, with a focus on
recent contributions and on development issues. We first assess the magnitude, intensity …

The economics of international differences in educational achievement

EA Hanushek, L Woessmann - Handbook of the Economics of Education, 2011 - Elsevier
An emerging economic literature over the past decade has made use of international tests of
educational achievement to analyze the determinants and impacts of cognitive skills. The …

Energy poverty and education: Fresh evidence from a panel of developing countries

N Apergis, M Polemis, SE Soursou - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
The goal of this study is to empirically assess the impact of education on energy poverty
through the lens of the human capital theory. To this end, a sample of 30 developing …

[图书][B] The knowledge capital of nations: Education and the economics of growth

EA Hanushek, L Woessmann - 2023 - books.google.com
A rigorous, pathbreaking analysis demonstrating that a country's prosperity is directly related
in the long run to the skills of its population. In this book Eric Hanushek and Ludger …

What remains of cross-country convergence?

P Johnson, C Papageorgiou - Journal of Economic Literature, 2020 - aeaweb.org
We examine the record of cross-country growth over the past fifty years and ask if
developing countries have made progress on closing the income gap between their per …

The economics of slums in the developing world

B Marx, T Stoker, T Suri - Journal of Economic perspectives, 2013 - aeaweb.org
The global expansion of urban slums poses questions for economic research as well as
problems for policymakers. We provide evidence that the type of poverty observed in …

Local economic development, agglomeration economies, and the big push: 100 years of evidence from the Tennessee Valley Authority

P Kline, E Moretti - The Quarterly journal of economics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We study the long-run effects of one of the most ambitious regional development programs
in US history: the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Using as controls authorities that were …

Institutional quality and education quality in developing countries: Effects and transmission channels

BK Fomba, DNDF Talla, P Ningaye - Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2023 - Springer
The main objective of this study is to analyze the effect of institutional quality on education
quality in developing countries. The literature review explores the channels through which …

[图书][B] Innovation and growth in the global economy

GM Grossman, E Helpman - 1993 - books.google.com
Grossman and Helpman develop a unique approach in which innovation is viewed as a
deliberate outgrowth of investments in industrial research by forward-looking, profit-seeking …

A contribution to the empirics of economic growth

NG Mankiw, D Romer, DN Weil - The quarterly journal of …, 1992 - academic.oup.com
This paper examines whether the Solow growth model is consistent with the international
variation in the standard of living. It shows that an augmented Solow model that includes …