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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: 11 Oct 2010

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: 22 Mar 2010

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: 22 Aug 2010

N. Gregory Mankiw and David N. Weil

Harvard University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics

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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: 11 Sep 2010

David N. Weil

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: 21 Apr 2008

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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A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w3541

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Sep 2010

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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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 Baby Boom and the Stock Market Boom

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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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The Baby Boom and the Stock Market Boom

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Oct 2003

Kyung-Mook Lim and David N. Weil

Korea Development Institute (KDI) - Money and Finance Division and 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: 28 Mar 2015

Isaac M. Mbiti and David N. Weil

affiliation not provided to SSRN and Brown University - Department of Economics

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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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The Dynamics of the Age Structure, Dependency, and Consumption

NBER Working Paper No. w12140

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 May 2006 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2010

Heinrich Hock and David N. Weil

Mathematica Policy Research and Brown University - Department of Economics

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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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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 Jun 2010

Louis Putterman 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

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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: 07 Dec 2020

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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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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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

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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Saving and Growth: A Reinterpretation

NBER Working Paper No. w4470

Number of pages: 100 Posted: 18 May 2000 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2010

Christopher D. Carroll and David N. Weil

Johns Hopkins 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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Measuring Economic Growth from Outer Space

NBER Working Paper No. w15199

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2010

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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Appropriate Technology and Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w5865

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2012

Susanto Basu and David N. Weil

Boston College, College of Arts and Sciences, 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: 19 Feb 2010

Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and David N. Weil

University of Maryland - Department of Economics and 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

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 2010

Jeffrey A. Miron and David N. Weil

Harvard 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

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, RAND Corporation, 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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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

Susanto Basu, Miles S. Kimball, N. Gregory Mankiw and David N. Weil

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, Miles S. Kimball, N. Gregory Mankiw and David N. Weil

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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The Housing Wealth of the Aged

NBER Working Paper No. w4115

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2008

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 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

J. Vernon Henderson, Tim Squires, Adam Storeygard and David N. Weil

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Amazon.com, Tufts University 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

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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Intergenerational Earnings Mobility, Inequality, and Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w6070

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 09 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2010

Ann L. Owen and David N. Weil

Hamilton College - Economics Department 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: 07 May 2000

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 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: 14 Dec 2007

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 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: 11 Apr 2008

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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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 2010

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 Annuitization of Americans' Resources: A Cohort Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w5089

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2010

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 Effect of Interventions to Reduce Fertility on Economic Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w17377

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 30 Aug 2011

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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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

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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When Does Improving Health Raise GDP?

NBER Working Paper No. w14449

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Jun 2012

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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Intergenerational Transfers, Aging, and Uncertainty

NBER Working Paper No. w4477

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 04 Oct 2010

David N. Weil

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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Malaria and Early African Development: Evidence from the Sickle Cell Trait

NBER Working Paper No. w19603

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 01 Nov 2013

Emilio Depetris-Chauvin and David N. Weil

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Brown University - Department of Economics

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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

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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Quality-adjusted Population Density

Number of pages: 63

Bravo Center Working Paper Series, J. Vernon Henderson, David N. Weil and Adam Storeygard

Brown University - Department of Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Brown University - Department of Economics and Tufts University

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Quality-Adjusted Population Density

NBER Working Paper No. w28070

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 09 Nov 2020

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, 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

David N. Weil

Brown University - Department of Economics

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