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 1974
Female Labor-Force Participation and Fertility in Developing Countries, James McCabe and Mark Rosenzweig
Fertility Differentials Between Less Developed and Developed Regions: Components and Implications, Simon Kuznets
The Economic Determinants of School Enrollment and Expenditure in U.S. Agriculture, Mark Rosenzweig
Worldwide vs. Regional Integration: Is There an Optimal Size of the Integrated Area?, Richard N. Cooper
Recent Fertility in Mexico: Measurement and Interpretation, Daniel Seiver
The Introduction of Electric Power and Its Impact on the Manufacturing Industries: With Special References to Smaller Scale Plants, Ryoshin Minami
The Multinational Corporation as an Instrument of Development, Gustav Ranis
Equity, Efficiency and Social Welfare: A Comparison of Latin American Areas, Richard Weisskoff
Cocoa, Employment and Capital in the Ghanaian Economy: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, Richard Brecher and Ian C. Parker
Trade Policies and Colombian Development, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
Economic Determinants of Fertility in Kinshasa, Zaire: An Analysis of the Published Data, James McCabe
Growth, Employment, and the Size Distribution of Income: A Progress Report, John C. H. Fei and Gary S. Fields
Income Inequality by Additive Factor Components, John C. H. Fei and Gustav Ranis
Migration-Labor Turnover and Human Investment Theory, Gary S. Fields
The Indexability of Ordinal Measures of Inequality, John C. H. Fei and Gary S. Fields
On Inequality Comparisons, Gary S. Fields and John C. H. Fei
Trade and the Import Control System in Colombia, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
Viewing Social Pyramids: Income Distribution in Latin America, Adolfo Figueroa and Richard Weisskoff
North-South Relations: The Economic Component, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
The Structure of Common Trade and the Prospects for East-West Exchanges, J. M. Montias
Aggregate Demand, the Wage Gap and Unemployment in LDC’s, Mark Gersovitz
Income Distribution and Optimal Growth: The Case of Open Unemployment, James L. McCabe and Milind M. Lele
The Intensive Agricultural Districts Program in India: A New Evaluation, Robert Evenson and Rakesh Mohan
Employment and Productivity in Kenyan Manufacturing, Howard Pack
The Financial Development of India and Japan, 1860- 1970 A Survey in Contrasts, Raymond Goldsmith
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