Past theoretical work predicts that higher corporate tax rates should decrease economic
growth rates, while the effects of high personal tax rates are less clear. In this paper, we …

Over the past 30 years, the share of adult populations with college degrees increased more
in cities with higher initial schooling levels than in initially less educated places. This …

This paper develops a theory of fertility that offers an explanation for the persistence of
poverty within and across countries. If educated individuals have a comparative advantage …

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Using detailed plant-level data from the 1988 and 1993 Surveys of Manufacturing
Technology, this paper examines the impact of skill mix in US local labor markets on the use …

This paper investigates the youth labor market in the MENA region in order to identify factors
contributing to the persistently high rates of unemployment and joblessness among MENA …

Cities such as St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and Buffalo saw population continue to decline through
the 1980s and 1990s. In contrast, while Boston's population fell each decade between 1950 …

Long-run per capita economic growth is driven by productivity growth. Major determinants of
productivity are investments in education and research, and the intensity of competition on …

Social returns to human capital Page 1 Moretti, Enrico Article Social returns to human capital
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Cross‐country studies of education and economic prosperity often reach conflicting results
when using growth rates as the measure of economic development. However, growth rates …