Many develo** economies adopt industrial policies favoring selected sectors. Is there an
economic logic to this type of intervention? I analyze industrial policy when economic …

Macroeconomic development remains an important policy goal because of its ability to lift
entire populations out of poverty. In our review of the literature, we emphasize that the best …

As the largest develo** country, with fast-paced economic growth, China's development
has been characterized by a high degree of energy consumption, high level of heavy …

Movement of labor from agriculture to nonagriculture and the associated increase in farm
size through structural transformation are at the core of economic development. We conduct …

Big data technologies change the way in which data and labor combine to create
knowledge. Is this a modest innovation or a data revolution? Using hiring and wage data, we …

This article studies the structural transformation of Russia in 1885–1940 from an agrarian to
an industrial economy through the lens of a two-sector neoclassical growth model. We …

To explore whether market-oriented reform can help reduce CO 2 emissions, by adopting
the spatial panel data model based on the provincial panel data of China during 2001-2017 …

We quantify the effects of the political development cycle—the fluctuations between the Left
(Maoist) and the Right (pragmatist) development policies—on growth and structural …

This paper employs sectoral data to draw conclusions on how structural reforms—
implemented during the period 1975–2005—affected differences in cross-country aggregate …

Using detailed panel data from the Pale of Settlement area between 1800 and 1927, we
document that anti-Jewish pogroms—mob violence against the Jewish minority—broke out …