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Working Papers

2018

1. Shining a Light on Purchasing Power Parities
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2017

2. China's GDP Growth May be Understated
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2016

3. 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 (4)
   Also in Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2016) View citations (4)

2015

4. Lights, camera,...income! Estimating poverty using national accounts, survey means, and lights
   Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (3)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (13)

2014

5. Africa is on time
   Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (68)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2014)

2010

6. African Poverty is Falling...Much Faster than You Think!
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (47)

2009

7. Parametric Estimations of the World Distribution of Income
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (60)

2005

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

2003

9. Addressing the Natural Resource Curse: An Illustration from Nigeria
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (327)
   Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2003) View citations (299)
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund (2003) View citations (290)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of African Economies (2013)
10. Do Democracies Have Different Public Policies than Nondemocracies?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2004)
11. Economic growth and investment in the Arab world
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (105)
12. Social Security, Retirement, and the Single-Mindedness of the Electorate
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2003) View citations (4)
13. The Economic Tragedy of the XXth Century: Growth in Africa
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (93)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2003) View citations (66)

2002

14. 15 Years of New Growth Economics: What Have We Learnt?
    Working Papers Central Bank of Chile, Central Bank of Chile View citations (24)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2002) View citations (42)
    See also Journal Article in Journal Economía Chilena (The Chilean Economy) (2002)
15. Social Security and Democracy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2002) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2010)
16. The Disturbing "Rise" of Global Income Inequality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (117)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2002) View citations (101)
17. The World Distribution of Income (estimated from Individual Country Distributions)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (93)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2002) View citations (66)

2000

18. Determinants of Long-Term Growth: A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) Approach
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (138)
    Also in OECD Economics Department Working Papers, OECD Publishing (2000) View citations (50)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2004)

1999

19. Gerontocracy, Retirement, and Social Security
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (35)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1999) View citations (30)
20. Social Security in Theory and Practice (I): Facts and Political Theories
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1999) View citations (35)
21. Social Security in Theory and Practice (II): Efficiency Theories, Narrative Theories, and Implications for Reform
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1999) View citations (18)

1997

22. Health investment complementarities under competing risks
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (2)
23. I Just Ran Four Million Regressions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (169)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1997) View citations (178)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1997)
24. The Optimum Quantity of Money: Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (44)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1997) View citations (44)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (1997)

1996

25. Adoption of Financial Technologies: Implications for Money Demand and Monetary Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (45)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1996) View citations (37)
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1995)
26. Transfers, Social Safety Nets, and Economic Growth
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (3)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1995) View citations (775)
    See also Journal Article in IMF Staff Papers (1997)

1995

27. 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 (13)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1994) View citations (8)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1995) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article in Japan and the World Economy (1997)
28. 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 (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (1996)
29. 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)
30. Disease Complementarities and the Evaluation of Public Health Interventions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
31. Measuring Aggregate Human Capital
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1995) View citations (21)
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1995) View citations (19)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1995) View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2000)
32. Technological Diffusion, Convergence and Growth
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (39)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1995) View citations (40)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1995) View citations (43)
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1995) View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (1997)
33. Tetanus, Death and Aerobics: The Evaluation of Disease-Specific Public Health Interventions
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center
34. The Classical Approach to Convergence Analysis
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (21)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1995) View citations (27)
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1995) View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (1996)

1994

35. 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 (2)
36. 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 (80)
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1994) View citations (2)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1992) View citations (213)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1995)
37. Cross-sectional regressions and the empirics of economic growth
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (77)
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (1994)
38. 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 (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1990) View citations (27)
39. 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 (24)
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1990) View citations (13)
40. Quality Improvements in Models of Growth
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (8)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1994) View citations (8)
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1994) View citations (8)
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1994) View citations (8)
41. Regional Cohesion: Evidence and Theories of Regional Growth and Convergence
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (21)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1994) View citations (21)
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1994) View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (1996)

1992

42. A Growth Model of Inflation, Tax Evasion and Financial Repression
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (14)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1992) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (1995)
43. 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 in Journal of Political Economy (1992)
44. Fiscal Federalism and Optimum Currency Areas: Evidence for Europe from the United States
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (138)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations (66)
45. Pensions
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center
46. Public Finance in Models of Economic Growth
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (436)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1990) View citations (119)
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1991) View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (1992)
47. Public Welfare and Growth
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (14)
48. Regional Growth and Migration: A Japan-U.S. Comparison
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (65)
    Also in Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (1991)
49. Transfers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
50. Transitional Dynamics in Two-Sector Models of Endogenous Growth
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (18)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1992) View citations (45)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1993)
51. U.S. Money Demand: Surprising Cross-Sectional Estimates
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (1992)

1991

52. 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 (49)
53. Convergence Across States and Regions
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (1020)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1992)
    Journal Article in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (1991)
54. Financial Repression and Economic Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (1992)
55. Financial development, the Trade Regime and Economic Growth
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (34)
56. The Timing of Government Spending in a Dynamic Model of Imperfect Competition
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center

1990

57. Economic Growth and Convergence across The United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (79)
58. World Real Interest Rates
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)
    See also Chapter (1990)

Journal Articles

2016

1. Lights, Camera … Income! Illuminating the National Accounts-Household Surveys Debate
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016, 131, (2), 579-631 View citations (30)

2014

2. Africa is on time
   Journal of Economic Growth, 2014, 19, (3), 311-338 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2013

3. Addressing the Natural Resource Curse: An Illustration from Nigeria
   Journal of African Economies, 2013, 22, (4), 570-615 View citations (45)
   See also Working Paper (2003)

2010

4. Social Security and Democracy
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2010, 10, (1), 1-46 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (2002)

2006

5. The Enduring Elixir of Economic Growth
   World Economics, 2006, 7, (1), 73-130 View citations (3)
6. The World Distribution of Income: Falling Poverty and … Convergence, Period
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121, (2), 351-397 View citations (264)

2005

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

2004

8. Determinants of Long-Term Growth: A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) Approach
   American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (4), 813-835 View citations (759)
   See also Working Paper (2000)
9. Do Democracies Have Different Public Policies than Nondemocracies?
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004, 18, (1), 51-74 View citations (179)
   See also Working Paper (2003)
10. 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 (14)
11. Political and Economic Forces Sustaining Social Security
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2004, 4, (1), 1-56 View citations (10)

2003

12. Poverty, inequality and the distribution of income in the Group of 20
    Economic Roundup, 2003, (1), 65-92 View citations (2)

2002

13. 15 Years of New Growth Economics: What Have we Learnt?
    Journal Economía Chilena (The Chilean Economy), 2002, 5, (2), 5-15 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2000

14. Extensive Margins and the Demand for Money at Low Interest Rates
    Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 108, (5), 961-991 View citations (109)
15. Measuring Aggregate Human Capital
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2000, 5, (3), 215-52 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper (1995)

1999

16. Longevity Complementarities under Competing Risks
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (5), 1358-1371 View citations (48)

1997

17. 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 (13)
    See also Working Paper (1995)
18. I Just Ran Two Million Regressions
    American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (2), 178-83 View citations (737)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
19. Technological Diffusion, Convergence, and Growth
    Journal of Economic Growth, 1997, 2, (1), 1-26 View citations (255)
    See also Working Paper (1995)
20. The Optimum Quantity of Money: Theory and Evidence
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1997, 29, (4), 687-715 View citations (45)
    Also in Proceedings, 1997, 687-724 (1997) View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
21. Transfers, Social Safety Nets, and Economic Growth
    IMF Staff Papers, 1997, 44, (1), 81-102 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1996

22. A Positive Theory of Social Security
    Journal of Economic Growth, 1996, 1, (2), 2a77-304 View citations (92)
    See also Working Paper (1995)
23. European Migration: A Comment
    International Regional Science Review, 1996, 19, (1-2), 139-146
24. Regional cohesion: Evidence and theories of regional growth and convergence
    European Economic Review, 1996, 40, (6), 1325-1352 View citations (442)
    See also Working Paper (1994)
25. The Classical Approach to Convergence Analysis
    Economic Journal, 1996, 106, (437), 1019-36 View citations (414)
    See also Working Paper (1995)

1995

26. A growth model of inflation, tax evasion, and financial repression
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1995, 35, (2), 275-301 View citations (101)
    See also Working Paper (1992)
27. Capital Mobility in Neoclassical Models of Growth
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (1), 103-15 View citations (301)
    See also Working Paper (1994)

1994

28. Cross-sectional regressions and the empirics of economic growth
    European Economic Review, 1994, 38, (3-4), 739-747 View citations (70)
    See also Working Paper (1994)

1993

29. Transitional Dynamics in Two-Sector Models of Endogenous Growth
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1993, 108, (3), 739-773 View citations (271)
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1992

30. Convergence
    Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (2), 223-51 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (1992)
    Working Paper (1991)
31. Financial repression and economic growth
    Journal of Development Economics, 1992, 39, (1), 5-30 View citations (262)
    See also Working Paper (1991)
32. Public Finance in Models of Economic Growth
    Review of Economic Studies, 1992, 59, (4), 645-661 View citations (446)
    See also Working Paper (1992)
33. Regional growth and migration: A Japan-United States comparison
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 1992, 6, (4), 312-346 View citations (88)
34. U.S. Money Demand: Surprising Cross-Sectional Estimates
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1992, 23, (2), 285-343 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1991

35. Convergence across States and Regions
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1991, 22, (1), 107-182 View citations (868)
    See also Working Paper (1991)

Books

2003

1. Economic Growth, 2nd Edition, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (298)

Chapters

2002

1. 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 (1)

1990

2. World Real Interest Rates
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1990, Volume 5, 1990, pp 15-74 View citations (68)
   See also Working Paper (1990)