TEL / Economic Growth Prof. Elise S. Brezis

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1 /5 פקס : Syllabi of the course: אוניברסיטת בר-אילן (ע"ר ( Economic Growth -832 Prof. Elise S. Brezis The list of readings is more extensive than what will be covered in class. Students will be responsible primarily for what is covered in class. There will be one exam and one term paper. Overall textbooks (for background reading only) Weil, D. Economic Growth Barro, R. and X. Sala-I-Martin, (BSM) Economic Growth, 1995 or Landes D The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why some are so Rich and Some so Poor. Norton. Introduction and the Neoclassical Model BSM Ch1. Solow, R.M A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 70, Lucas, R. E On the Mechanics of Economic Development. Journal of Monetary Economics, 22, Convergence, Divergence and Leapfrogging Bernard and C. Jones Comparing apples to oranges: Productivity convergence and Measurement across industries and Countries American Economic Review December 199 Brezis E, P. Krugman and D. Tsiddon Leapfrogging in International Competition, American Economic Review, Goodfriend and McDermott Industrial Development and the Convergence 1

2 Question American Economic Review 88(5) Jones C. Convergence Revisited Journal of Economic Growth July 1997 Total Factor Productivity Chang TH What Explains the Industrial Revolution in East Asia? Evidence from the Factor markets American Economic Review Krugman, P The Myth of Asia s Miracle Foreign Affairs 73: Mankiw, Romer and Weil A contribution to the Empirics of Economic Growth. Quarterly Journal of Economics May 1992, Pritchett L Divergence, Big Time Journal of Economic Perspective. Young Alwyn 1995 The tyranny of numbers: confronting the statistical realities of the East Asian growth experience Quarterly Journal of Economics May 110: Productivity, Technology and Growth Aghion, P. and P. Howitt A Model of Growth through Creative Destruction. Econometrica, 0, Azariadis, C. and A. Drazen Threshold Externalities in Economic Development. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 105, no. 2: Romer, P.M Increasing Returns and Long Run Growth. Journal of Political Economy, 94, Romer, P.M Endogenous Technological Change. Journal of Political Economy, 98,

3 Inequality and Growth Acemoglu, D. and J.A. Robinson Why did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality and Growth in Historical Perspective. Discussion Paper- Center for Economic Policy Research. Barro, R Inequality and Growth in a Panel of Countries. Journal of Economic Growth, 5:5-32. Banerjee, A. and Duflo E Inequality and Growth: What can the Data say? Paper Presented at the WIDER Conference on Growth and Poverty, Helsinki, 25-2 May. Benabou, R Inequality and Growth. NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 11, Birdsall Ross and Sabot Inequality and growth reconsidered lessons form East Asia World Bank Economic Review 9(3) Deininger, K. and L. Squire A New Dataset Measuring Income Inequality. The World Bank Economic Review, 10(3): Durlauf, S.N A Theory of Persistent Income Inequality. Journal of Economic Growth, 1, Forbes, K A Reassessment of the Relationship Between Inequality and Growth. American Economic Review, 90, Kuznets, Economic Growth and Income Inequality. American Economic Review, 45: Persson, T. and G. Tabellini Is inequality harmful for growth? Theory and Evidence. American Economic Review, 84: Human capital, Education and Economic Growth Autor D., L. Katz and A. Krueger Computing Inequality: Have computer changed the Labor Market? Quarterly Journal of Economics, 113: Becker, G Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis. Journal of Political Economy, 70,

4 Becker, G. 194 [1993]. Human Capital- A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education. University of Chicago Press. Bils M. and P. Klenow Does Schooling Cause Growth American Economic Review, 90: Brezis, E.S. and F. Crouzet The Role of Higher Education Institutions: Recruitment of Elites and Economic Growth in T. Eicher, eds. Institutions and Economic Growth, MIT Press. Brezis, E.S. and G. Eizman The Effect of Signaling on Human capital and Economic Growth, mimeo, ACEP. Hall R. and C. Jones Why do Some Countries Produce so much more Output per Worker than Others? Quarterly Journal of Economics, 114: Jones C sources of US Economic Growth in a world of Ideas American Economic Review 92: Pritchett L Where has all the Education Gone? World bank Economic Review 15: Schultze, T.W Capital Formation by Education, Journal of Political Economy 8: Schultze, T.W Education and Economic Growth, In N.B. Henry, ed., Social Forces Influencing American Education. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Population and Growth Brezis, E. Social Classes, Demographic Transition and Economic Growth, European Economic Review, 2001, 45: Galor, O. and D. Weil, Population, technology and Growth: From the Malthusian regime to the demographic transition, American Economic Review 90:

5 Trade, Globalization and Growth Irwin D Free Trade under Fire Princeton University Press. Lucas R Why doesn t Capital flow from Rich to Poor Countries? American Economic Review May: 92-9 O Rourke K and J.Williamson Globalization and History. MIT Press Rivera Batiz and P Romer Economic Integration and Endogenous Growth Quarterly Journal of Economics Rivera-Batiz, L.A., and P.M. Romer International Trade with Endogenous Technological Change. European Economic Review, 35, Williamson J Globalization, Convergence and History, Journal of Economic History June 199, p Culture, Social Capital and Economic Growth Glaeser E. D. Laibson and Sacaerdote The Economic Approach to social Capital. Economic Journal 112: Knack S. and P. Zak Trust and Growth Economic Journal 111: