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Workplace:	Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

Inequality Within Countries is Falling: Underreporting-Robust Estimates of World Poverty, Inequality and the Global Distribution of Income
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2018

Shining a Light on Purchasing Power Parities
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2017

China's GDP Growth May be Understated
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
Is Chinese Growth Overstated?
Liberty Street Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (1)

2016

Newer Need Not be Better: Evaluating the Penn World Tables and the World Development Indicators Using Nighttime Lights
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
Also in Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2016) View citations (23)

2014

Africa is on time
Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (73)
See also Journal Article Africa is on time, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2014) View citations (44) (2014)
Lights, Camera,... Income!: Estimating Poverty Using National Accounts, Survey Means, and Lights
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
Also in Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2014) View citations (16)

2010

African Poverty is Falling...Much Faster than You Think!
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (71)

2009

Parametric Estimations of the World Distribution of Income
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (100)

2005

Jointness of Determinants of Economics Growth
Money Macro and Finance (MMF) Research Group Conference 2005, Money Macro and Finance Research Group View citations (4)

1997

Health investment complementarities under competing risks
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (2)
I Just Ran Four Million Regressions
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (245)
Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1997) View citations (247)
See also Journal Article I Just Ran Two Million Regressions, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1997) View citations (1081) (1997)
The Optimum Quantity of Money: Theory and Evidence
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (57)
Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1997) View citations (57)
See also Journal Article The Optimum Quantity of Money: Theory and Evidence, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing (1997) View citations (57) (1997)

1996

Adoption of Financial Technologies: Implications for Money Demand and Monetary Policy
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (56)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1996) View citations (52)
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1995)

1995

A Labor-Income-Based Measure of the Value of Human Capital: An Application to the States of the United States
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1995) View citations (33)
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1994) View citations (9)
See also Journal Article A labor income-based measure of the value of human capital: An application to the states of the United States, Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier (1997) View citations (40) (1997)
A positive theory of social security
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (6)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1994) View citations (3)
See also Journal Article A Positive Theory of Social Security, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (1996) View citations (110) (1996)
Death, Tetanus and Aerobics: The Evaluation of Disease-Specific Health Interventions
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1995)
Disease Complementarities and the Evaluation of Public Health Interventions
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
Measuring Aggregate Human Capital
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
Also in Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1995) View citations (27)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1995) View citations (30)
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1995) View citations (32)
See also Journal Article Measuring Aggregate Human Capital, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2000) View citations (40) (2000)
Technological Diffusion, Convergence and Growth
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (89)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1995) View citations (86)
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1995) View citations (95)
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1995) View citations (53)
See also Journal Article Technological Diffusion, Convergence, and Growth, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (1997) View citations (486) (1997)
Tetanus, Death and Aerobics: The Evaluation of Disease-Specific Public Health Interventions
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center
The Classical Approach to Convergence Analysis
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (27)
Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1995) View citations (47)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1995) View citations (42)
See also Journal Article The Classical Approach to Convergence Analysis, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (1996) View citations (614) (1996)
Transfers, social safety nets and economic growth
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (770)
See also Journal Article Transfers, Social Safety Nets, and Economic Growth, IMF Staff Papers, Palgrave Macmillan (1997) View citations (25) (1997)

1994

A Labor-Income-Based Measure of the Value of Human Capital: An Application to the United States
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (4)
Capital Mobility in Neoclassical Models of Growth
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
Also in Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1992) View citations (94)
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1992) View citations (256)
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1994) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Capital Mobility in Neoclassical Models of Growth, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1995) View citations (401) (1995)
Cross-sectional regressions and the empirics of economic growth
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (113)
See also Journal Article Cross-sectional regressions and the empirics of economic growth, European Economic Review, Elsevier (1994) View citations (106) (1994)
Lecture notes on economic growth (I): Introduction to the literature and Neoclassical models
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (3)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1990) View citations (31)
Lecture notes on economic growth (II): Five prototype models of endogenous growth
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1990) View citations (27)
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1990) View citations (15)
Quality Improvements in Models of Growth
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1994) View citations (13)
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1994) View citations (8)
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1994) View citations (13)
Regional Cohesion: Evidence and Theories of Regional Growth and Convergence
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (29)
Also in Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1994) View citations (27)
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1994) View citations (28)
See also Journal Article Regional cohesion: Evidence and theories of regional growth and convergence, European Economic Review, Elsevier (1996) View citations (644) (1996)

1992

A Growth Model of Inflation, Tax Evasion and Financial Repression
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (23)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1992) View citations (27)
See also Journal Article A growth model of inflation, tax evasion, and financial repression, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (1995) View citations (141) (1995)
Convergence
Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (52)
Also in Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1991) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Convergence, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1992) View citations (5) (1992)
Fiscal Federalism and Optimum Currency Areas: Evidence for Europe from the United States
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (231)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations (93)
Pensions
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center
Public Finance in Models of Economic Growth
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (589)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1990) View citations (134)
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1991) View citations (16)
See also Journal Article Public Finance in Models of Economic Growth, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (1992) View citations (609) (1992)
Public Welfare and Growth
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (17)
Regional Growth and Migration: A Japan-U.S. Comparison
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (77)
Also in Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1991)
Transfers
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
Transitional Dynamics in Two-Sector Models of Endogenous Growth
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (52)
Also in Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1992) View citations (26)
See also Journal Article Transitional Dynamics in Two-Sector Models of Endogenous Growth, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1993) View citations (330) (1993)
U.S. Money Demand: Surprising Cross-Sectional Estimates
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (39)
See also Journal Article U.S. Money Demand: Surprising Cross-Sectional Estimates, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution (1992) View citations (27) (1992)

1991

A Note on the Time-Elimination Method For Solving Recursive Dynamic Economic Models
NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (63)
Convergence Across States and Regions
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (1525)
See also Journal Article Convergence, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1992) View citations (5) (1992)
Journal Article Convergence across States and Regions, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution (1991) View citations (1620) (1991)
Financial Repression and Economic Growth
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
See also Journal Article Financial repression and economic growth, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (1992) View citations (340) (1992)
Financial development, the Trade Regime and Economic Growth
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (52)
The Timing of Government Spending in a Dynamic Model of Imperfect Competition
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center

1990

Economic Growth and Convergence across The United States
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (152)
World Real Interest Rates
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (110)
See also Chapter World Real Interest Rates, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1990) View citations (116) (1990)

Journal Articles

2016

Lights, Camera … Income! Illuminating the National Accounts-Household Surveys Debate
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016, 131, (2), 579-631 View citations (123)

2014

Africa is on time
Journal of Economic Growth, 2014, 19, (3), 311-338 View citations (44)
See also Working Paper Africa is on time, Staff Reports (2014) View citations (73) (2014)

2013

Addressing the Natural Resource Curse: An Illustration from Nigeria
Journal of African Economies, 2013, 22, (4), 570-615 View citations (239)
See also Working Paper Addressing the Natural Resource Curse: An Illustration from Nigeria, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (549) (2003)

2010

Social Security and Democracy
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2010, 10, (1), 46 View citations (16)
See also Working Paper Social Security and Democracy, NBER Working Papers (2002) View citations (30) (2002)

2006

The Enduring Elixir of Economic Growth
World Economics, 2006, 7, (1), 73-130 View citations (4)
The World Distribution of Income: Falling Poverty and … Convergence, Period
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121, (2), 351-397 View citations (368)

2005

Monetary Policy, Macro-stability and Growth
World Economics, 2005, 6, (4), 123-147 View citations (7)

2004

Determinants of Long-Term Growth: A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) Approach
American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (4), 813-835 View citations (1316)
See also Working Paper Determinants of Long-Term Growth: A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) Approach, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (158) (2000)
Do Democracies Have Different Public Policies than Nondemocracies?
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004, 18, (1), 51-74 View citations (282)
See also Working Paper Do Democracies Have Different Public Policies than Nondemocracies?, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (13) (2003)
Internationally Common Features of Public Old-Age Pensions, and Their Implications for Models of the Public Sector
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2004, 4, (1), 1-37 View citations (17)
Political and Economic Forces Sustaining Social Security
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2004, 4, (1), 1-56 View citations (22)

2003

Poverty, inequality and the distribution of income in the Group of 20
Economic Roundup, 2003, (1), 65-92 View citations (4)

2002

15 Years of New Growth Economics: What Have we Learnt?
Journal Economía Chilena (The Chilean Economy), 2002, 5, (2), 5-15 View citations (100)
See also Working Paper 15 Years of New Growth Economics: What Have We Learnt?, Working Papers Central Bank of Chile (2002) View citations (101) (2002)

2000

Extensive Margins and the Demand for Money at Low Interest Rates
Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 108, (5), 961-991 View citations (157)
Measuring Aggregate Human Capital
Journal of Economic Growth, 2000, 5, (3), 215-52 View citations (40)
See also Working Paper Measuring Aggregate Human Capital, NBER Working Papers (1995) View citations (29) (1995)

1999

Longevity Complementarities under Competing Risks
American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (5), 1358-1371 View citations (62)

1997

A labor income-based measure of the value of human capital: An application to the states of the United States
Japan and the World Economy, 1997, 9, (2), 159-191 View citations (40)
See also Working Paper A Labor-Income-Based Measure of the Value of Human Capital: An Application to the States of the United States, NBER Working Papers (1995) View citations (21) (1995)
I Just Ran Two Million Regressions
American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (2), 178-83 View citations (1081)
See also Working Paper I Just Ran Four Million Regressions, NBER Working Papers (1997) View citations (245) (1997)
Technological Diffusion, Convergence, and Growth
Journal of Economic Growth, 1997, 2, (1), 1-26 View citations (486)
See also Working Paper Technological Diffusion, Convergence and Growth, CEPR Discussion Papers (1995) View citations (89) (1995)
The Optimum Quantity of Money: Theory and Evidence
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1997, 29, (4), 687-715 View citations (57)
Also in Proceedings, 1997, 687-724 (1997) View citations (53)
See also Working Paper The Optimum Quantity of Money: Theory and Evidence, NBER Working Papers (1997) View citations (57) (1997)
Transfers, Social Safety Nets, and Economic Growth
IMF Staff Papers, 1997, 44, (1), 81-102 View citations (25)
See also Working Paper Transfers, social safety nets and economic growth, Economics Working Papers (1995) View citations (770) (1995)

1996

A Positive Theory of Social Security
Journal of Economic Growth, 1996, 1, (2), 2a77-304 View citations (110)
See also Working Paper A positive theory of social security, Economics Working Papers (1995) View citations (6) (1995)
European Migration: A Comment
International Regional Science Review, 1996, 19, (1-2), 139-146 View citations (2)
Regional cohesion: Evidence and theories of regional growth and convergence
European Economic Review, 1996, 40, (6), 1325-1352 View citations (644)
See also Working Paper Regional Cohesion: Evidence and Theories of Regional Growth and Convergence, CEPR Discussion Papers (1994) View citations (29) (1994)
The Classical Approach to Convergence Analysis
Economic Journal, 1996, 106, (437), 1019-36 View citations (614)
See also Working Paper The Classical Approach to Convergence Analysis, Working Papers (1995) View citations (27) (1995)

1995

A growth model of inflation, tax evasion, and financial repression
Journal of Monetary Economics, 1995, 35, (2), 275-301 View citations (141)
See also Working Paper A Growth Model of Inflation, Tax Evasion and Financial Repression, Working Papers (1992) View citations (23) (1992)
Capital Mobility in Neoclassical Models of Growth
American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (1), 103-15 View citations (401)
See also Working Paper Capital Mobility in Neoclassical Models of Growth, CEPR Discussion Papers (1994) View citations (2) (1994)

1994

Cross-sectional regressions and the empirics of economic growth
European Economic Review, 1994, 38, (3-4), 739-747 View citations (106)
See also Working Paper Cross-sectional regressions and the empirics of economic growth, Economics Working Papers (1994) View citations (113) (1994)

1993

Transitional Dynamics in Two-Sector Models of Endogenous Growth
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1993, 108, (3), 739-773 View citations (330)
See also Working Paper Transitional Dynamics in Two-Sector Models of Endogenous Growth, NBER Working Papers (1992) View citations (52) (1992)

1992

Convergence
Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (2), 223-51 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper Convergence, Scholarly Articles (1992) View citations (52) (1992)
Working Paper Convergence Across States and Regions, Working Papers (1991) View citations (1525) (1991)
Financial repression and economic growth
Journal of Development Economics, 1992, 39, (1), 5-30 View citations (340)
See also Working Paper Financial Repression and Economic Growth, NBER Working Papers (1991) View citations (7) (1991)
Public Finance in Models of Economic Growth
The Review of Economic Studies, 1992, 59, (4), 645-661 View citations (609)
See also Working Paper Public Finance in Models of Economic Growth, CEPR Discussion Papers (1992) View citations (589) (1992)
Regional growth and migration: A Japan-United States comparison
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 1992, 6, (4), 312-346 View citations (115)
U.S. Money Demand: Surprising Cross-Sectional Estimates
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1992, 23, (2), 285-343 View citations (27)
See also Working Paper U.S. Money Demand: Surprising Cross-Sectional Estimates, Working Papers (1992) View citations (39) (1992)

1991

Convergence across States and Regions
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1991, 22, (1), 107-182 View citations (1620)
See also Working Paper Convergence Across States and Regions, Working Papers (1991) View citations (1525) (1991)

Books

2003

Economic Growth, 2nd Edition, vol 1
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (396)

Chapters

2002

Fifteen Years of New Growth Economics: What Have We Learned?
Chapter 2 in Economic Growth: Sources, Trends, and Cycles, 2002, vol. 6, pp 041-060 View citations (8)

1990

World Real Interest Rates
A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1990, Volume 5, 1990, pp 15-74 View citations (116)
See also Working Paper World Real Interest Rates, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1990) View citations (110) (1990)