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 1998
Population and the Economy in Germany, 1800-1990, Timothy W. Guinnane
The Economics of Lending with Joint Liability: Theory and Practice, Maitreesh Ghatak and Timothy W. Guinnane
The Effects of Agricultural Extension on Farm Yields in Kenya, Robert E. Evenson and Germano Mwabu
Determinants of School Attainment of Boys and Girls in Turkey, Aysit Tansel
Gender, Credit Constraints, and Education in Rural Thailand, Viroj Naranong
Untitled: A Study of Formal and Informal Property Rights in Urban Ecuador, Jean O. Lanjouw and Philip I. Levy
Wage Premia for Education and Location, By Gender and Race in South Africa, T. Paul Schultz and Germano Mwabu
Inequality in the Distribution of Personal Income in the World: How it is Changing and Why, T. Paul Schultz
Papers from 1997
As the Century Turns: Analytics, Empirics and Politics of Development, T.N. Srinivasan
Economic Growth and Human Development, Alejandro Ramirez, Gustav Ranis, and Frances Stewart
Reflections, Gustav Ranis
Income Inequality in Taiwan 1976-1995: Changing Family Composition, Aging, and Female Labor Force Participation, T. Paul Schultz
The Effects of Transactions Costs on Labor Market Participation and Earnings: Evidence from Rural Philippine Markets, Leonardo A. Lanzona and Robert E. Evenson
Economic Growth, International Technological Spillovers and Public Policy: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Asia, Robert E. Evenson and Lakhwinder Singh
Labor Unions and the Distribution of Wages and Employment in South Africa, T. Paul Schultz and Germano Mwabu
Determinants of Unemployment Duration in Russia, Mark C. Foley
Labor Market Dynamics in Russia, Mark C. Foley
Multiple Job Holding in Russia During Economic Transition, Mark C. Foley
The Introduction of Pharmaceutical Product Patents in India: Heartless Exploitation of the Poor and Suffering, Jean O. Lanjouw
Three Lectures on the Walrasian Hypotheses for Exchange Economies, Donald J. Brown
Long-Run Structural and Productivity Change in U.S. Agriculture: Effects of Prices and Policies, Robert E. Evenson and Wallace B. Huffman
An Outcome-Oriented Theory of Choice and Empirical Paradoxes in Expected Utility Theory, Fumihiro Kaneko
Rice Varietal Improvement and International Exchange of Rice Germplasm, Robert E. Evenson
The Microeconomics of ‘Surplus Labor’, Gustav Ranis
Markets for Communist Human Capital: Returns to Education and Experience in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Robert S. Chase
Papers from 1996
Regionalism and the World Trade Organization: Is Non-Discrimination Passé?, T.N. Srinivasan
Trade and Human Rights, T.N. Srinivasan
Baby Boom or Bust? Changing Fertility in Post-Communist Czech Republic and Slovakia, Robert S. Chase
Supplier Relations and the Market Context: A Theory of Handshakes, John McLaren
Successes and Failures of Development Experience Since the 1980s, Gustav Ranis
Japan 1968: A Reflection Point During the Era of the Economic Miracle, Koichi Hamada
Corruption, Black Markets, and the Fiscal Problem in LDC’s: Some Recent Findings, John McLaren
External Shocks and Structural Adjustments: A Dutch Disease Dynamic Analysis, Mohsen Fardmanesh
Wage and Price Control Policies in Socialist Transitional Economies, Mohsen Fardmanesh and Li Tan
The Economic Consequences of a Declining Hegemon, Koichi Hamada
The Trade-Growth Nexus in Taiwan’s Development, Gustav Ranis
The Common External Tariff of a Customs Union: Alternative Approaches, T.N. Srinivasan
Consumers, the Legal System and Product Liability Reform: A Comparative Perspective Between Japan and the United States, Koichi Hamada
Wage and Labor Supply Effects of Illness in Côte D’Ivoire and Ghana: Instrumental Variable Estimates for Days Disabled, T. Paul Schultz and Aysit Tansel
Policy Making and Speculative Attacks in Models of Exchange Rate Crises: A Synthesis, Giancarlo Corsetti and Lilia Cavallari
Regional Economic Integration and Article XXIV of the GATT, Koichi Hamada and Junichi Goto
The Private Demand for Information and the Effects of Public Testing Programs: The Case of HIV, Michael Boozer and Tomas Philipson
Education Returns Across Quantiles of the Wage Function: Alternative Explanations for Returns to Education by Race in South Africa, Germano Mwabu and T. Paul Schultz
North-South Conflicts and Their Management, Gustav Ranis
The Impact of Migrant Workers on the Japanese Economy: Trickle vs. Flood, Junichi Goto
Will Latin America Now Put a Stop to ‘Stop-and-Go’?, Gustav Ranis
Papers from 1995
Price and Trade Liberalization in East European Economies, Mohsen Fardmanesh and Li Tan
The Structure of Arms Races Before and After the End of the Cold War: From Strategic Substitutes to Strategic Complements, Koichi Hamada
Aging, Immigration and Women in the Labor Force: Japan Compared to Other OECD Countries, T. Paul Schultz
Long-Term Consequences of Population Growth: Technological Change, Natural Resources, and the Environment, T.N. Srinivasan and James A. Robinson
Migration Decisions, Self-Selection and Earnings in Low-Income Philippine Communities, Leonardo A. Lanzona
Women’s Labor Force Participation During and After Communism: A Case Study of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Robert S. Chase
Diversification, Liquidity, and Supervision for Small Financial Institutions: Nineteenth-Century German Credit Cooperatives, Timothy W. Guinnane
Welfare Impacts of Health Care User Fees: A Health-Valuation Approach to Analysis with Imperfect Markets, William H. Dow
Discrete Choice Estimation of Price-Elasticities: The Benefits of a Flexible Behavioral Model of Health Care Demand, William H. Dow
Gender-Bias in India: The Importance of Household Fixed-Effects, Ramesh Subramaniam
Unconditional Demand for Curative Health Inputs: Does Selection on Health Status Matter in the Long Run?, William H. Dow
Fertility and Child Mortality in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, T. Paul Schultz and Kofi Benefo
Household Composition and Expenditures on Human Capital Formation in Kenya, Robert E. Evenson and Germano Mwabu
Labor Income Indices Designed for Use in Contracts Promoting Income Risk Management, Robert J. Shiller and Ryan Schneider
Tetanus, Death and Aerobics: The Evaluation of Disease-Specific Public Health Interventions, Xavier Sala-i-Martin, William H. Dow, Jessica Holmes, and Tomas Philipson
Accounting for Public Expenditures on Education: An International Panel Study, T. Paul Schultz
Immigrant Quality and Assimilation: A Review of the Literature, T. Paul Schultz
Information and the Operation of Markets: Tests Based on a General Equilibrium Model of Land Leasing in India, Jean Olson Lanjouw
Technological Diffusion, Convergence, and Growth, Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Robert J. Barro
The Classical Approach to Convergence Analysis, Xavier Sala-i-Martin
The Limits to Land Reform: The Land Acts in Ireland, 1870-1909, Timothy W. Guinnane and Ronald I. Miller
Intraschool Variation in Class Size: Patterns and Implications, Michael Boozer and Cecilia Rouse
World Income Components: Measuring and Exploiting International Risk Sharing Opportunities, Robert J. Shiller and Stefano Athanasoulis
Evaluation of Integrated Human Resource Programs, T. Paul Schultz
Integrated Approaches to Human Resource Development, T. Paul Schultz
Measuring Aggregate Human Capital, Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Casey B. Mulligan
Trade and the Environment: Does Environmental Diversity Detract from the Case for Free Trade?, T.N. Srinivasan and Jagdish Bhagwati
Papers from 1994
A Labor-Income-Based Measure of the Value of Human Capital: An Application to the States of the United States, Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Casey B. Mulligan
V-Goods and the Role of the Urban Informal Sector in Development, Gustav Ranis and Frances Stewart
Quality Improvements in Models of Growth, Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Robert J. Barro
Regional Cohesion: Evidence and Theories of Regional Growth and Convergence, Xavier Sala-i-Martin
The World Bank Near the Turn of the Century, Gustav Ranis
Productivity, Competitiveness, and Export Growth in a Less Developed Economy: A Study of Indian Punjab, Lakhwinder Singh
Genetic Resources, International Organizations, and Rice Varietal Improvement, Robert E. Evenson and Douglas Gollin
A Political-Economic Analysis of Free Trade Agreements, Philip I. Levy
Lobbying and International Cooperation in Tariff Setting, Philip I. Levy
Human Capital and Economic Development, T. Paul Schultz
Price Normalization and Equilibria in General Equilibrium Models of International Trade Under ImperfectCompetition, T.N. Srinivasan and Kenneth Kletzer
Demand for Children in Low Income Countries, T. Paul Schultz
Human Capital, Family Planning and Their Effects on Population Growth, T. Paul Schultz
Technological Change and Technology Strategy, Robert E. Evenson and Larry E. Westphal
Papers from 1993
Indian Public Finance in the 1990s: Challenges and Prospects, Willem H. Buiter and Urjit R. Patel
Measurement of the Total Factor Productivity of Spanish Agriculture: 1962-1989, Robert E. Evenson, M. Carmen Fernandez, and A. Casimiro Herruzo
Regional Instability and Economic Growth: Thy Neighbor’s Curse, Hak B. Chua and Alberto Ades
Labor Markets, Human Capital, and Development Performance in East Asia, Gustav Ranis
Marital Status and Fertility in the United States: Welfare and Labor Market Effects, T. Paul Schultz
Regional Spillovers and Economic Growth, Hak B. Chua
Thy Neighbor’s Keeper: The Design of a Credit Cooperative with Theory and a Test, Timothy Guinnane, Abihijit Banerjee, and Timothy Besley
Understanding the Workhouse Test: Information and Poor Relief in Nineteenth-Century England, Timothy Besley, Stephen Coate, and Timothy W. Guinnane
Cooperatives as Information Machines: The Lending Practices of German Agricultural Credit Cooperatives, 1883-1914, Timothy W. Guinnane
Investments in the Schooling and Health of Women and Men: Quantities and Returns, T. Paul Schultz
Technological Change and Educational Wage Differentials in Korea, Kang-Shik Choi
A Comparison of the Effects of Matching and Search on the Wages of Men and Women, Anne Beeson Royalty
Labor Supply Decisions of Married Women in Rural India, Jeemol Unni