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1.

Population, Technology, and Growth: From the Malthusian Regime to the Demographic Transition

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Population, Technology, and Growth: From the Malthusian Regime to the Demographic Transition

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 Dec 1998
Oded Galor and David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Population, Technology, and Growth: from the Malthusian Regime to the Demographic Transition and Beyond

NBER Working Paper No. w6811
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 18 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2022
Oded Galor and David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Mortality Decline, Human Capital Investment and Economic Growth

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Mortality Decline, Human Capital Investment and Economic Growth

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Feb 2003
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Harl Edgar Ryder and David N. Weil
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Deceased and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Mortality Decline, Human Capital Investment and Economic Growth

Journal of Development Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 22 Feb 2003
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Harl Edgar Ryder and David N. Weil
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Deceased and Brown University - Department of Economics

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Accounting for the Effect of Health on Economic Growth

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Accounting for the Effect of Health on Economic Growth

Brown University Economic Working Paper No. 2005-07
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Aug 2005
David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics
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Accounting for the Effect of Health on Economic Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w11455
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 24 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics
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Mobile Banking: The Impact of M-Pesa in Kenya

NBER Working Paper No. w17129
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 20 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2023
Isaac M. Mbiti and David N. Weil
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Population Aging

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Population Aging

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 31 Mar 2006
David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics
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Population Aging

NBER Working Paper No. w12147
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 May 2006 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2022
David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Baby Boom, the Baby Bust, and the Housing Market

NBER Working Paper No. w2794
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Jan 2001 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2022
N. Gregory Mankiw and David N. Weil
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w3541
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2022
N. Gregory Mankiw, David H. Romer and David N. Weil
Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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An Asset Allocation Puzzle

NBER Working Paper No. w4857
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2022
Niko Canner, N. Gregory Mankiw and David N. Weil
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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How Much of Cross-Country Income Variation is Explained by Health?

Brown University, Economics Working Paper No. 03-08
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 29 May 2003
David N. Weil and Gauri Kartini Shastry
Brown University - Department of Economics and Harvard University
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The Dynamics of the Age Structure, Dependency, and Consumption

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The Dynamics of the Age Structure, Dependency, and Consumption

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 31 Mar 2006
David N. Weil and Heinrich Hock
Brown University - Department of Economics and Mathematica Policy Research
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Aging, fertility, intergenerational transfers, consumption

The Dynamics of the Age Structure, Dependency, and Consumption

NBER Working Paper No. w12140
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 May 2006 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2022
Heinrich Hock and David N. Weil
Mathematica Policy Research and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Baby Boom and the Stock Market Boom

Brown University, Economics Working Paper No. 03-07
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Jun 2003
David N. Weil and Kyung-Mook Lim
Brown University - Department of Economics and Korea Development Institute (KDI) - Money and Finance Division
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Post-1500 Population Flows and the Long Run Determinants of Economic Growth and Inequality

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Post-1500 Population Flows and the Long Run Determinants of Economic Growth and Inequality

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Nov 2008
Louis Putterman and David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Economic Growth, Migration, Income Inequality, State History, Linguistic Distance

Post-1500 Population Flows and the Long Run Determinants of Economic Growth and Inequality

NBER Working Paper No. w14448
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 03 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2022
Louis Putterman and David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Effect of Increasing Human Capital Investment on Economic Growth and Poverty: A Simulation Exercise

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8590
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2018
Matthew Edward Collin and David N. Weil
World Bank and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Inequality, Health Care Services Industry, Educational Sciences, Nutrition, Early Child and Children's Health, Reproductive Health, Economic Growth, Industrial Economics, Economic Theory & Research

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Evaluating the Effects of Large Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative

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Evaluating the Effects of Large Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 01 Jun 2010
Nava Ashraf, Günther Fink and David N. Weil
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Department of Population and International Health and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Malaria, Zambia, Health

Evaluating the Effects of Large Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative

NBER Working Paper No. w16069
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 14 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 29 May 2023
Nava Ashraf, Günther Fink and David N. Weil
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Department of Population and International Health and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Gender Gap, Fertility, and Growth

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The Gender Gap, Fertility, and Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w4550
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2022
Oded Galor and David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Gender Gap, Fertility and Growth

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Oct 2001
Oded Galor and David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Development trap, fertility, gender gap, growth, multiple equilibria

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Measuring Economic Growth from Outer Space

NBER Working Paper No. w15199
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2023
J. Vernon Henderson, Adam Storeygard and David N. Weil
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Tufts University and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Effect of Increasing Human Capital Investment on Economic Growth and Poverty: A Simulation Exercise

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 24 Feb 2020
Matthew Collin and David N. Weil
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Human Capital, Economic Growth

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The Worldwide Change in the Behavior of Interest Rates and Prices in 1914

NBER Working Paper No. w2344
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2022
N. Gregory Mankiw, Jeffrey A. Miron and David N. Weil
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Saving and Growth: A Reinterpretation

NBER Working Paper No. w4470
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 18 May 2000 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2022
Christopher D. Carroll and David N. Weil
Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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How the Growing Gap in Life Expectancy May Affect Retirement Benefits and Reforms

NBER Working Paper No. w23329
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2023
Alan J. Auerbach, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Courtney Coile, William G. Gale, Dana P. Goldman, Ronald D. Lee, Charles Lucas, Peter R. Orszag, Louise Sheiner, Bryan Tysinger, David N. Weil, Justin Wolfers and Rebeca Wong
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, Wellesley College, Brookings Institution, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), University of California, Berkeley - Department of Demography, Osprey Point Consulting, Lazard Asset Management, Brookings Institution, University of Southern California - Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, Brown University - Department of Economics, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics and University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston
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Quality-adjusted Population Density

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Quality-adjusted Population Density

Bravo Working Paper # 2020-025
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 27 Jan 2021
J. Vernon Henderson, Adam Storeygard and David N. Weil
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Tufts University and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Population density, physical geography

Land Quality

NBER Working Paper No. w28070
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 09 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2023
J. Vernon Henderson, Adam Storeygard and David N. Weil
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Tufts University and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Global Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity: Nature, History, and the Role of Trade

NBER Working Paper No. w22145
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 11 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2023
J. Vernon Henderson, Tim Squires, Adam Storeygard and David N. Weil
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Amazon.com, Inc., Tufts University and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Optimal Advice for Monetary Policy

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Optimal Advice for Monetary Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w3054
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 16 May 2022
Susanto Basu, Susanto Basu, Miles S. Kimball, N. Gregory Mankiw and David N. Weil
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Boston College, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, University of Colorado Boulder, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Optimal Advice for Monetary Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w3054
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Apr 2007
Susanto Basu, Susanto Basu, Miles S. Kimball, N. Gregory Mankiw and David N. Weil
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Boston College, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, University of Colorado Boulder, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Land Quality

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 13 Apr 2022
Bravo Center Working Paper Series, David N. Weil, Adam Storeygard and J. Vernon Henderson
Brown University - Department of Economics, Brown University - Department of Economics, Tufts University and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Land, land quality, population density, physical geography, economic takeoff, economic growth, demographic transition

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Appropriate Technology and Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w5865
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2022
Susanto Basu, Susanto Basu and David N. Weil
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Boston College, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Intergenerational Transfers, Aging, and Uncertainty

NBER Working Paper No. w4477
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 04 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2022
David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics
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Capital and Wealth in the 21st Century

NBER Working Paper No. w20919
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 02 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2023
David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Genesis and Evolution of Social Security

NBER Working Paper No. w5949
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2022
Jeffrey A. Miron and David N. Weil
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Mortality Change, the Uncertainty Effect, and Retirement

NBER Working Paper No. w8742
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Jan 2002 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2022
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and David N. Weil
University of Maryland - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Annuitization of Americans' Resources: A Cohort Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w5089
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
Alan J. Auerbach, Jagadeesh Gokhale, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, John Sabelhaus and David N. Weil
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Cato Institute, Boston University - Department of Economics, Investment Company Institute and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Housing Wealth of the Aged

NBER Working Paper No. w4115
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2022
Louise Sheiner and David N. Weil
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Increasing Annuitization of the Elderly- Estimates and Implications for Intergenerational Tranfers, Inequality, and National Saving

NBER Working Paper No. w4182
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2022
Alan J. Auerbach, Laurence J. Kotlikoff and David N. Weil
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Boston University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Historical Perspectives on the Monetary Transmission Mechanism

NBER Working Paper No. w4326
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 26 May 2004 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2022
Jeffrey A. Miron, Christina D. Romer and David N. Weil
Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Comparison Utility in a Growth Model

NBER Working Paper No. w6138
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Jan 1998 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2022
Christopher D. Carroll, Jody R. Overland and David N. Weil
Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics, Independent and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Effect of Interventions to Reduce Fertility on Economic Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w17377
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 30 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2022
Quamrul H. Ashraf, David N. Weil and Joshua Wilde
Williams College - Department of Economics, Brown University - Department of Economics and University of South Florida
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Intergenerational Earnings Mobility, Inequality, and Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w6070
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 09 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2022
Ann L. Owen and David N. Weil
Hamilton College - Economics Department and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Adjustment of Expectations to a Change in Regime: a Study of the Founding of the Federal Reserve

NBER Working Paper No. w2124
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
N. Gregory Mankiw, Jeffrey A. Miron and David N. Weil
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Effect of News on Bond Prices: Evidence from the United Kingdom 1900-1920

NBER Working Paper No. w4234
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2022
Douglas W. Elmendorf, David N. Weil and Mary L hirschfeld
Harvard Kennedy School, Brown University - Department of Economics and Occidental College
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The Influence of Ancestral Lifeways on Individual Economic Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

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The Influence of Ancestral Lifeways on Individual Economic Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

NBER Working Paper No. w21907
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 25 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Stelios Michalopoulos, Louis Putterman and David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics, Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Influence of Ancestral Lifeways on Individual Economic Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11366
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 07 Jul 2016
Stelios Michalopoulos, Louis Putterman and David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics, Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Africa, agriculture, Culture, Development, Ethnicity

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When Does Improving Health Raise GDP?

NBER Working Paper No. w14449
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2022
Quamrul H. Ashraf, Joseph Beaulieu and David N. Weil
Williams College - Department of Economics, Harvard University and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Malaria and Early African Development: Evidence from the Sickle Cell Trait

NBER Working Paper No. w19603
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 01 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2023
Emilio Depetris-Chauvin and David N. Weil
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Cognitive Effects of Micronutrient Deficiency: Evidence from Salt Iodization in the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w19233
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 21 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2023
James Feyrer, Dimitra Politi and David N. Weil
Dartmouth College - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Are Big Cities Important for Economic Growth?

NBER Working Paper No. w33334
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Jan 2025
Matthew Turner and David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Climate Change, Population Growth, and Population Pressure

NBER Working Paper No. w32145
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 20 Feb 2024
J. Vernon Henderson, Bo Yeon Jang, Adam Storeygard and David N. Weil
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Brown University, Tufts University and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Population, Technology, and Growth: From Malthusian Stagnation to the Demographic Transition and Beyond

American Economic Review, Vol. 90, No. 4, Pp. 806-828, September 2000
Posted: 28 Jan 2001
Oded Galor and David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics

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From Malthusian Stagnation to Modern Growth

CEPR Discussion Paper Series No. 2082
Posted: 24 Mar 1999
David N. Weil and Oded Galor
Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics

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Saving and Growth with Habit Formation

Working Paper No 95-42
Posted: 23 Aug 1998
Christopher D. Carroll, Jody R. Overland and David N. Weil
Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics, Independent and Brown University - Department of Economics

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Intergenerational Earnings Mobility, Inequality, and Growth

Journal of Monetary Economics
Posted: 10 Mar 1998
Ann L. Owen and David N. Weil
Hamilton College - Economics Department and Brown University - Department of Economics

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