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 2004
Structural Change in Russian Transition, Paul R. Gregory and Valery Lazarev
Effective Labor Regulation and Microeconomic Flexibility, Ricardo J. Caballero, Kevin N. Cowan, Eduardo M.R.A. Engel, and Alejandro Micco
Female Household-Headship in Rural Bangladesh: Incidence, Determinants and Impact on Children’s Schooling, Shareen Joshi
Arthur Lewis’ Contribution to Development Thinking and Policy, Gustav Ranis
Schooling Returns for Wage Earners in Burkina Faso: Evidence from the 1994 and 1998 National Surveys, Harounan Kazianga
Intra-Household Redistribution of Income and Calorie Consumption in South-Western Nigeria, Adebayo Aromolaran
Human Development and Economic Growth, Gustav Ranis
Residential Segregation in General Equilibrium, Patrick Bayer, Robert McMillan, and Kim Rueben
Social Networks in Ghana, Christopher R. Udry and Timothy G. Conley
The Evolution of Development Thinking: Theory and Policy, Gustav Ranis
Microeconomic Flexibility in Latin America, Ricardo J. Caballero, Eduardo M.R.A. Engel, and Alejandro Micco
Political Rents, Promotion Incentives and Support for a Non-Democratic Regime, Valery Lazarev
The Determinants of the Global Digital Divide: A Cross-Country Analysis of Computer and Internet Penetration, Menzie D. Chinn and Robert W. Fairlie
Three Strikes and You’re Out: Reply to Cooper and Willis, Ricardo J. Caballero and Eduardo M.R.A. Engel
Female Schooling, Non-Market Productivity, and Labor Market Participation in Nigeria, Adebayo B. Aromolaran
Papers from 2003
Do Family Caps Reduce Out-of-Wedlock Births? Evidence from Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, New Jersey and Virginia, Wendy Tanisha Dyer and Robert W. Fairlie
Evidence of Returns to Schooling in Africa From Household Surveys: Monitoring and Restructuring the Market for Education, T. Paul Schultz
Foreign Exchange Controls, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, and the Black Market Premium, Mohsen Fardmanesh and Seymour Douglas
GMOs: Prospects for Increased Crop Productivity in Developing Countries, Robert E. Evenson
Paths to Success: The Relationship Between Human Development and Economic Growth, Michael Boozer, Gustav Ranis, Francis Stewart, and Tavneet Suri
An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Technique to Logit and Probit Models, Robert W. Fairlie
A Unified Framework for Measuring Preferences for Schools and Neighborhoods, Patrick Bayer, Fernando Ferreira, and Robert McMillan
Families, Human Capital, and Small Business: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey, Robert W. Fairlie and Alicia Robb
Is Dualism Worth Revisiting?, Gustav Ranis
Two Statistical Problems in the Princeton Project on the European Fertility Transition, John C. Brown and Timothy W. Guinnane
Wage Rentals for Reproducible Human Capital: Evidence from Ghana and the Ivory Coast, T. Paul Schultz
Adjustment is Much Slower Than You Think, Ricardo J. Caballero and Eduardo M.R.A. Engel
An Equilibrium Model of Sorting in an Urban Housing Market: The Causes and Consequences of Residential Segregation, Patrick Bayer, Robert McMillan, and Kim Rueben
A Note on the Equilibrium Properties of Locational Sorting Models, Patrick Bayer and Christopher Timmins
Building Criminal Capital Behind Bars: Social Learning in Juvenile Corrections, Patrick Bayer, Randi Pintoff, and David E. Pozen
Could Higher Taxes Increase the Long-Run Demand for Capital?: Theory and Evidence for Chile, Álvaro Bustos, Eduardo Engel, and Alexander Galetovic
Estimating Equilibrium Models of Sorting Across Locations, Patrick Bayer and Christopher Timmins
Fertility, Child Work and Schooling Consequences of Family Planning Programs: Evidence from an Experiment in Rural Bangladesh, Nistha Sinha
Privatizing Highways in Latin America: Is It Possible to Fix What Went Wrong?, Eduardo Engel, Ronald Fischer, and Alexander Galetovic
The Effectiveness of Juvenile Correctional Facilities: Public Versus Private Management, Patrick Bayer and David E. Pozen
What Drives RaciBring some thing simple then you will eaal Segregation? New Evidence Using Census Microdata, Patrick Bayer, Robert McMillan, and Kim Rueben
Child Labor, Christopher Udry
Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Côte D’Ivoire: Social Norms, Separate Accounts and Consumption Choices, Esther Duflo and Christopher Udry
Buying Fields and Marrying Daughters: An Empirical Analysis of Rosca Auctions in a South Indian Village, Stefan Klonner
Human Capital, Schooling and Health Returns, T. Paul Schultz
Human Resources in China: The Birth Quota, Returns to Schooling, and Migration, T. Paul Schultz
China’s Capital and Productivity Measurement Using Financial Resources, Kui-Wai Li
Non-Tariff Barriers as a Test of Political Economy Theories, Philip I. Levy
Papers from 2002
The Role of Permanent Income and Demographics in Black/White Differences in Wealth, Joseph G. Altonji and Ulrich Doraszelski
Private Wage Returns to Schooling in Nigeria: 1996-1999, Adebayo B. Aromolaran
The Fertility of the Irish in America in 1910, Timothy W. Guinnane, Carolyn M. Moehling, and Cormac Ó Gráda
Trade Policy, Trade Volumes and Plant-Level Productivity in Colombian Manufacturing Industries, Ana Fernandes
Health and Labor Force Participation of the Elderly in Taiwan, Cem Mete and T. Paul Schultz
Vouchers, School Choice and the Access to Higher Education, Dante Contreras
Competition In or For the Field: Which is Better?, Eduardo Engel, Ronald Fischer, and Alexander Galetovic
The Changing Trade and Revealed Comparative Advantages of Asian and Latin American Manufacture Exports, Siegfried Bender and Kui-Wai Li
Developing Countries and the Multilateral Trading System After Doha, T.N Srinivasan
Highway Franchising and Real Estate Values, Eduardo Engel, Ronald Fischer, and Alexander Galetovic
How to Auction an Essential Facility When Underhand Integration is Possible, Eduardo Engel, Ronald Fischer, and Alexander Galetovic
Wage Gains Associated with Height as a Form of Health Human Capital, T. Paul Schultz
Papers from 2001
Fertility in South Dublin a Century Ago: A First Look, Timothy W. Guinnane, Carolyn Moehling, and Cormac Ó Gráda
Sources of Machine-Tool Industry Leadership in the 1990s: Overlooked Intrafirm Factors, Hiroyuki Chuma
Why Governments Should Invest More to Educate Girls, T. Paul Schultz
Delegated Monitors, Large and Small: The Development of Germany’s Banking System, 1800-1914, Timothy W. Guinnane
School Subsidies for the Poor: Evaluating the Mexican Progresa Poverty Program, T. Paul Schultz
The Fertility Transition: Economic Explanations, T. Paul Schultz
Does Intellectual Property Protection Spur Technological Change?, Sunil Kanwar and Robert Evenson
India’s Reform of External Sector Policies and Future Multilateral Trade Negotiations, T.N. Srinivasan
Inside the ‘Black Box’ of Project STAR: Estimation of Peer Effects Using Experimental Data, Michael A. Boozer and Stephen E. Cacciola
A ‘Friend and Advisor’: Management, Auditors, and Confidence in Germany’s Credit Cooperatives, 1889-1914, Timothy W. Guinnane
Consumption Growth in a Booming Economy: Taiwan 1976-96, David J. Mckenzie
Decentralization in Argentina, Nadir Habibi, Cindy Huang, Diego Miranda, and Victoria Murillo
Group Behavior and Development: A Comparison of Farmers’ Organisations in South Korea and Taiwan, Larry Burmeister, Gustav Ranis, and Michael Wang
Growth and Human Development: Comparative Latin American Experience, Gustav Ranis and Frances Stewart
Mortality in the North Dublin Union During the Great Famine, Timothy W. Guinnane and Cormac Ó Gráda
The Effects of Class Size on the Long Run Growth in Reading Abilities and Early Adult Outcomes in the Christchurch Health and Development Study, Michael A. Boozer and Tim Maloney
Correlation Analysis of Financial Contagion: What One Should Know Before Running a Test, Giancarlo Corsetti, Marcello Pericoli, and Massimo Sbracia
The Fertility Transition in Bavaria, John C. Brown and Timothy W. Guinnane
Papers from 2000
Nominal Debt and the Dynamics of Currency Crises, Giancarlo Corsetti and Bartosz Mackowiak
Skills, Partnerships and Tenancy in Sri Lankan Rice Farms, Sanjaya DeSilva
Changes in Returns to Education in India, 1983-94: By Gender, Age-Cohort and Location, P. Duraisamy
Export Growth in India: Has FDI Played a Role?, Kishor Sharma
Family Structure, Fertility and Child Quality in Colombia, Rocio Ribero
Learning About a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana, Timothy G. Conley and Christopher R. Udry
Liberalization and Structural Change: Evidence from Nepalese Manufacturing, Kishor Sharma
Supervision and Transaction Costs: Evidence from Rice Farms in Bicol, the Philippines, Robert E. Evenson, Ayal Kimhi, and Sanjaya DeSilva
Strategies for Success in Human Development, Gustav Ranis and Frances Stewart
Papers from 1999
Pattern and Determinants of Intra-Industry Trade in Australian Manufacturing, Kishor Sharma
Earnings Effects of Household Investment in Colombia, Rocio Ribero
Estimating the Amenity Costs of Global Warming in Brazil: Getting the Most from Available Data, Christopher Timmins
Visitations and Transfers in Non Intact Households, Daniela Del Boca and Rocio Ribero
How to Win Schumpeterian Competition: Technological Transfers in the German Plastics Industry from the 1930s to the 1970s, Jochen Streb
Outward-Orientation and Development: Are Revisionists Right?, T. N. Srinivasan and Jagdish Bhagwati
Technology – Climate Interactions in the Green Revolution in India, Robert E. Evenson and James W. McKinsey, Jr.
Labor Market Reforms: Issues, Evidence and Prospects, T. Paul Schultz
The Impact of Institutional Reform from 1979 to 1987 on Fertility in Rural China, T. Paul Schultz and Zeng Yi
Export Instability, Investment and Economic Growth in Asian Countries: A Time Series Analysis, Dipendra Sinha
Interest Rate Smoothing and Time-Varying Premium: Another Look at Debt Management in Japan, Yosuke Takeda
Health and Schooling Investment in Africa, T. Paul Schultz
Public-Private Employment Choice, Wage Differentials and Gender in Turkey, Aysit Tansel
Sanctions on South Africa: What Did They Do?, Philip I. Levy
Dictatorships as a Political Dutch Disease, Ricky Lam and Leonard Wantchekon
School Completion in Pakistan: Analysis of Censoring and Selection Bias, Jessica Holmes
Women’s Role in the Agricultural Household: Bargaining and Human Capital, T. Paul Schultz