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 1971
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
International Trade Fluctuations and the Income and Wealth Fluctuations of Economic Growth, R. Albert Berry
An Analysis of the Interdependence Between Service and Good-Producing Sectors, Kenichi Miyazawa
Income Distribution and Economic Growth in Puerto Rico, Argentina and Mexico, Richard Weisskoff
Growth and Technical Progress in the Socialist Enterprises of Yugoslavia: A Cobb-Douglas Analysis Using Extraneous Estimators, Charles Rockwell
Relative Prices in Planning for Economic Development, Gustav Ranis
Income and Wealth Distribution in the Development Process and Their Relationship to Output Growth, R. Albert Berry
A Disaggregative Approach to LDC’s Tertiary S. Sector, Ajit S. Bhalla
Export of Developing Countries in the 1960’s, Benjamin I. Cohen and Daniel Sisle
Multinational Corporations and Dependent Underdevelopment in Mineral-Export Economies, Norman Girvan
The Adean Common Market: Gestation and Outlook, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
The Historical Determinants of Underdevelopment in Thailand, Steven Bell
International Trade and Uneven Development, Stephen H. Hymer and Stephen Resnick
Finance, Capital Markets and Economic Growth in Japan, Hugh T. Patrick
Papers from 1969
Learning by Doing and Dynamic Comparative Advantage, Leonard Dudley
A Marxian-Malthusian View of Poverty and Exploitation with a Corresponding Typology of Social Classes, Herman E. Daly
Bilateral Foreign Aid and Multilateral Foreign Aid, Benjamin I. Cohen
Economic Forms in Pre-Colonial Ghana, Stephen Hymer
Some Aspects of the Brazilian Experience with Foreign Aid, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
The Population Question in Northeast Brazil: Its Economic and Ideological Dimensions, Herman E. Daly
A Socio-Economic Interpretation of the Decline of Rural Industry Under Export Expansion: A Comparison Among Burma, Philippines and Thailand, 1870-1938, Stephen Resnick
The Political Economy of the Gold Coast and Ghana, Stephen Hymer
Multinational Corporation and International Oligopoly: The Non-American Challenge, Stephen Hymer
Technological Transfer, Employment and Development, John C. H. Fei and Gustav Ranis
Financial Intermediation in Japan, Hugh T. Patrick
Toward an International Capital Market?, Richard Cooper
Currency Devaluation in Developing Countries: A Cross- Sectional Assessment, Richard N. Cooper
The International Development of India and Pakistan, Benjamin Cohen
American Investments and Industrial Concentration in Europe, Luigi Tomasini
Work Effort, Investible Surplus and the Inferiority of Competition, Edgar O. Edwards
Technological Transfer, Labor Absorption, and Economic Development, Howard Pack and Michael Todaro
Capital and Wealth in the Development Process, Stephen Hymer and Stephen Resnick
The Use of Effective Tariffs, Benjamin I. Cohen
Papers from 1968
The Effective Exchange Rate, Employment and Growth in a Foreign Exchange Constrained Economy, Richard R. Nelson
Economic Development in Historical Perspective, John C. H. Fei and Gustav Ranis
The Phoenix Risen from the Ashes: Postwar Japan, Hugh T. Patrick
Export Incentives and Responsiveness of Exports in Pakistan: A Quantitative Analysis, Nurul Islam
The Content of Development Economics, Lloyd Reynolds
The Relevance of Illyria for Less Developed Countries, Charles Rockwell
Devaluation and Aggregate Demand, Richard Cooper
Technological Transfer, Employment and Development, John C. H. Fei and Gustav Ranis
Some Implications of Elitist Rule for Economic Development in Colombia, R. Albert Berry
Japanese Government Macro Policy: Failure in the 1920’s Success (of a Sort) in the 1930’s, Hugh T. Patrick
Notes on Raising and Allocating Central Government Revenues, Lloyd G. Reynolds
Import Liberalization and Growth: The Second Post-War Restructuring, Benjamin Cohen and Gustav Ranis
The Political Economy of the Gold Coast and Ghana, Stephen Hymer
Interactions Between the Government and the Private Sector: An Analysis of Government Expenditure Policy and the Reflection Ratio, Stephen Hymer and Stephen Resnick
An International Comparison of the Size and Efficiency of the Yugoslav Plant, Charles Rockwell
Relative Earnings and Manpower Allocation in Developing Economies, Lloyd G. Reynolds
Economic Development with Surplus Labor: Some Complications, Lloyd G. Reynolds
Is Economic Development a Subject?, Lloyd G. Reynolds
Industrialization, Employment and the Choice of Alternative Vintage Equipment in Less Developed Countries, Howard Pack and Michael Todaro
Papers from 1967
The Relevance of International Liquidity to Developed Countries, Richard Cooper
Foreign Assistance and Economic Development Revisited, John C. H. Fei and Gustav Ranis
Agriculture in the Open Economy, John C.H. Fei and Gustav Ranis
A Note on Luxury Imports, the Savings Rank and Welfare, R. Albert Berry
A Note on the Constancy of the Real Wage, Stephen Hymer and Stephen Resnick
The American Copper Companies and the Chilean Government, 1920-1967: Profile of an Export Sector, Markos Mamalakis
Negative Personal Saving in the Chilean National Accounts: An Artifact or Reality?, Markos Mamalakis
Economic Policy Adjustment in Interdependent Economies, Richard Cooper
Economics of External Borrowing: The Liquidity Constraint and the Two-Gap Models of Foreign Aid, Sunada Sen
Disequilibrium Systems, Industrialization, and Inflation: The Brazilian Case, Donald Huddle
Canadian Independence and a Choice for the Third Stephen Hymer World, Brian Van Arkadie
On the (Social) Elasticity of Marginal Utility from One- Period Consumption, Anisur Rahman
Notes on the Brazilian Industrialization: Sources of Growth and Structural Change, 1947-1963, Donald Huddle
Perspective Planning for Economic Maturity: Concepts, Logic and Methodology, Anisur Rahman
The Supply Response of Agrarian Economies and the Importance of Z Goods, Stephen Resnick and Stephen Hymer
Urban/Rural Contrast of Consumption Patterns and Consumer Preferences in Yugoslavia, 1963, Charles Rockwell
The Changing Structure and roles of the Chilean Agricultural Sector, Markos Mamalakis
Employment Objectives and Economic Development in Africa (with Special References to Nigeria), Charles Frank
An Analysis of the Financial and Investment Activities of the Chilean Development Corporation: 1939-1964, Markos Mamalakis
Economic Growth, Foreign Trade and Capital Flows, Charles Frank
Long-Term Changes in Food Consumption Patterns in Japan, 1878-1964, Hiromitsu Kaneda
Revised - The Turning Point in the Japanese Economy, Ryoshin Minami
Urban-Rural Contrast of Consumer Patterns and Consumer Preferences in Post-War Japan, Hiromitsu Kaneda