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Modeling parameter heterogeneity in cross-country regression models
(2011)
We employ various local generalizations of the Solow growth model that model parameter heterogeneity using adult literacy rates and life expectancy at birth. The model takes the form of a semiparametric varying coefficient ...
Robust determinants of intergenerational mobility in the land of opportunity
(2016)
This paper revisits the influential work by Chetty et al. (2014) who attempt to explain the variation in intergenerational mobility across commuter zones in the US (i.e., spatial mobility) using nine classes of variables. ...
Is the relationship between aid and economic growth nonlinear?
(2007)
Washington, D.C. Discussion paper IFPRI-1