The broad objectives of theoretical and empirical research at the Economic Growth Center are to understand the process of economic development and growth as well as the associated changes in economic structure. In particular, an understanding of how policies affect that process is necessary for suggesting policies for promoting development. The research is founded on relevant economic theory (micro and macro) and econometric tools. Empirical studies rely on cross-sectional and intertemporal data on micro decision-making units, such as individuals and households, and aggregates, such as nations, interpreted within suitable economic, demographic, and social frameworks. An increasing share of the research involves the study of the behavior of persons, households, and firms, as revealed in sample surveys, and applies the tools of microeconomic theory and associated statistical tools. EGC Discussion Papers report the results of the research efforts of Center members.
EGC faculty, visiting research faculty associated with the EGC and Ph.D. students on the job market wishing to submit a paper to the series should email a completed submission form with the paper to egc[at]yale.edu.
Note to Graduate Students: For graduate students interested in posting papers, use the Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA) repository. More information about creating an account and submitting papers can be found on the MPRA home page. The Yale University listing of papers posted to MPRA can be found on this page.Papers from 1973
Distribution and Production Implications of Land Reform, Mark Gersovitz
Development and Trade Dependence: The Case of Puerto Rico, Richard Weisskoff and Edward Wolff
Differential Investment in Children: Sex-Specific Child Quality, Fertility and Educational Expenditures, Mark Rosenzweig
Patents, the Paris Convention and Less Developed Countries, Jorge M. Katz
Population Trends and Modern Economic Growth, (Notes Toward an Historical Perspective), Simon Kuznets
Optimal Commercial Policy for a Minimum-Wage Economy, Richard Brecher
Population Growth, Output Growth and Distribution of Income, R. Albert Berry
Technological Change and Factor Mix over the Product Cycle: A Model of Dynamic ComparativeAdvantage, Richard R. Nelson and Victor D. Norman
The Rate of Surplus Value in Puerto Rico, Edward Wolff
The Colombian 1965-66 Liberalization Episode, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
Colombian Imports and Import Controls in 1970-71: Some Quantifiable Features, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
Shift Working, Employment and Economic Development: A Study of Industrial Workers in Pakistan, Ghazi Farooq and Gordon Winston
Some Characteristics of Recent Export Expansion in Latin America, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
Tariffs and Smuggling in Indonesia, Richard Cooper
The Employment-Output Tradeoff in Less Developed Countries: A Micro Economic Approach, Howard Pack
Trade Policies and Economic Development, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
Urban Labor Surplus and the Commerce Sector: Colombia, R. Albert Berry
Role of the Multinational Firm in the Exports of Manufactures from Developing Countries, Benjamin Cohen
Fertility and Economic and Social Development in Turkey: A Cross-Sectional Time Series Study, Ghazi Farooq and Baran Tuncer
A Multi-Sector Simulation Model of Employment, Growth, and Income Distribution in Puerto Rico: A Re-evaluation of ‘Successful’Development Strategy, Richard Weisskoff
Higher Education and Income Distribution in a Less Developed Country, Gary S. Fields
Land Productivity and the Employment Problem of Rural Areas, Egbert Gerken
The Standard Market of Traditional China, John C. H. Fei
Effects of Changes in the Level and Distribution of Capital Holdings on Income Inequality, James McCabe
Tariff Policy, Equipment Production and Employment in Developing Countries, James McCabe and C. Michalopoulos
The Allocation of Resources to Education in Less Developed Countries, Gary S. Fields
Papers from 1972
Rural-Urban Migration, Urban Employment and Underemployment, and Job Search Activity in LDC’s, Gary S. Fields
An Alternative Theoretical Approach to the Impact of Foreign Investment on the Host Country, Benjamin Cohen
Demographic Aspects of the Distribution of Income Among Families: Recent Trends in the United States, Simon Kuznets
Rural-Urban Differences in Fertility: An International Comparison, Simon Kuznets
Unemployment as a Social Welfare Problem in Urban Zaire, James McCabe
Income-Related Differences in Natural Increases: Bearing on Growth and Distribution of Income, Simon Kuznets
Optimal Savings and Foreign Debt Policy with Export Revenue Uncertainty, James McCabe and David Sibley
Provincial Fertility and Social and Economic Development in Turkey, 1935-65, Ghazi Farooq and Baran Tuncer
The Private Demand for Education in Relation to Labor Market Conditions in Less Developed Countries, Gary S. Fields
Dynamic Properties of Colonial Development, Thomas Birnberg and Stephen Resnick
The Aggregation of Controls in the Autonomy of Subordinates, J. M. Montias
The Mechanism for Containing Imports: The System During 1971 and a Retrospective Look at Its Evolution (Import Controls), Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
Population Density, Capital Investment, and Agricultural Exports: The Franc Zone, J. Dirck Stryke
Some Observations on the Economic Framework for Optimum LDC Utilization of Technology, Gustav Ranis
The Mechanism for Containing Imports: The System During 1971 and a Retrospective Look at Its Evolution (Tariffs, Prior Deposits and the Exchange Rate), Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
Vent for Surplus Growth in a Colonial Economy: A Tentative Model, J. Dirck Stryke
Foreign Investment by U.S. Corporations as a Way of Reducing Risk, Benjamin Cohen
Land, Labor and Capital in Three Rice Growing Deltas of Southeast Asia, 1800-1940, Ammar Siamwalla
Minor Colombian Merchandise Exports, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
Agricultural Productivity and the Distribution of Land: Venezuelan Case, James Hanson
Exports and Growth in the Ivory Coast: Timber, Cocoa and Coffee, J. Dirck Stryke
The Determination of Observed Merchandise Imports and Their Link to Capital Formation, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
The Rate of Interest and the Demand for Labor, R. Albert Berry
Unemployment as a Social Problem in Urban Colombia: Some Preliminary Hypotheses and Interpretations, R. Albert Berry
Aspects of the Optimal Interest Rate, R. Albert Berry
A Synthetic Estimate of the National Wealth of Japan, 1880-1970, Raymond Goldsmith
Income Distribution and Optimal Growth: The Case of Open Unemployment, James McCabe
Minimum Wage Rates and the Pure Theory of International Trade, Richard Brecher
The Relevance and Prospects of Small Scale Industry in Colombia, R. Albert Berry
Trends and Phases in the Colombian Economy and Its Foreign Trade and Payments, 1950-70, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
Some Determinants of Changing Income Distribution in Colombia: 1930-1970, R. Albert Berry
The Economic Impact of Foreign Investments of the Export of Manufactures: A Tentative Study of South Korea, Benjamin Cohen
Papers from 1971
An Aggregative Model of Labor Force Participation in Pakistan, Ghazi M. Farooq
A Theoretical Analysis of Partial Economic Reform, Thomas Birnberg and Benjamin Cohen
International Social Welfare Comparisons: A New Approach, James Elliott
The European Community’s System of Generalized Tariff Preferences: A Critique, Richard Cooper
The Future of Direct Foreign Investment in Latin America, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
A Model of the Trade and Government Sectors in Colonial Economies, Stephen Resnick and Thomas Birnberg
Some Notes on Soviet Economic Debate in the 1920’s, Brian Pollitt
Federal Expenditures and the Political Economy of the Mexican Revolution: An Exploratory Empirical Study, James Hanson
Optimal Growth and the Distribution of Income and Capital, James McCabe and Milind Lee
Recent Exercises in Growth Accounting: New Understanding or Dead End?, Richard Nelson
The Second Path to Capitalism: A Model of International Development, Stephen Resnick
Trade, Growth and the Heckscher Ohlin Theorem, James Hanson
A Study of the Socio-Economic Determinants of Fertility in Turkey, Baran Tuncer
Financial Intermediation and National Savings in Developing Countries, U. Tun Wai
Investment in Agricultural Research and Extension: A Study of International Data, Robert E. Evenson and Yoav Kislev
The Role of the Industrial Sector in Korea’s Transition to Economic Maturity, Gustav Ranis
The Soviet Precedent in Czechoslovak and Yugoslav Agriculture: Two Case Studies of Communist Economic Imitation, Arthur W. Wright and Lloyd S. Etheredge
Industrial Sector Labor Absorption, Gustav Ranis
Labor Productivity and Other Characteristics of Cement Plants: An International Comparison, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
The Diffusion of Innovation in the Israeli Agriculture, Yoav Kislev and Nira Shohori-Bachrach
Risk Taking and Farmer’s Crop Growing Decisions, Howard Kunreuthe
Development of the Turkish Economy: An Experience in Planning, Baran Tuncer
Population Density, Agricultural Technique and Land Utilization in a Village Economy, J. Dirck Stryker
The Contribution of Education to Growth: An Alternative Approach, Howard Pack
The Economics of the Agricultural Extension Service, Yoav Kislev
Development and Employment in the Open Dualistic Economy, John C. H. Fei and Gustav Ranis
Land Reform and the Agricultural Income Distribution, R. Albert Berry
The Efficiency of the Market Mechanism in Traditional Agriculture: A Reexamination of an Old Controversy, Vahid Nowshirvani
Land Distribution, Income Distribution and the Productive Efficiency of Colombian Agriculture, R. Albert Berry
Labor Productivity and Other Characteristics of Cement Plants: An International Comparison, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
Issues and Suggestions for the Study of Industrial Organization in a Regime of Rapid Technical Change, Richard R. Nelson
Less Developed Countries, Technology Transfer and Adaptation, and the Role of the National Science Community, Richard R. Nelson
The Korean Take-off, Paul W. Kuznets
Papers from 1970
Governmental Support of an Advanced Civilian Technology - Power Reactors and the Supersonic Transport, George Eads and Richard R. Nelson
On the Usefulness of a Presumptive Tax on Agricultural Land in Colombia, R. Albert Berry
The Technology Gap and National Science Policy, Richard R. Nelson
LDC Innovation Analysis and the Technology Gap, John C. H. Fei and Gustav Ranis
Technology Choice, Employment and Growth, Gustav Ranis
A Disaggregative Approach to LDC’s Tertiary Sector, Ajit S. Bhalla
Industrialization, Employment and the Choice of Alternative Vintage Equipment in Less Developed Countries, Howard Pack and Michael Todaro
Economic Efficiency, Capital-Intensity and Capital- Labour Substitution in Retail Trade, Ajit S. Bhalla