Accounting for cross-country income differences

Caselli, Francesco ORCID: 0009-0001-5191-7156 (2005) Accounting for cross-country income differences. . London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.

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Abstract

Why are some countries so much richer than others? Development Accounting is a first-pass attempt at organizing the answer around two proximate determinants: factors of production and efficiency. It answers the question “how much of the cross-country income variance can be attributed to differences in (physical and human) capital, and how much to differences in the efficiency with which capital is used?” Hence, it does for the cross-section what growth accounting does in the time series. The current consensus is that efficiency is at least as important as capital in explaining income differences. I survey the data and the basic methods that lead to this consensus, and explore several extensions. I argue that some of these extensions may lead to a reconsideration of the evidence.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://cep.lse.ac.uk/
Additional Information:	© 2005 The Author
Divisions:	Centre for Economic Performance Economics
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
JEL classification:	M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting > M4 - Accounting and Auditing > M41 - Accounting M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting > M0 - General > M00 - General O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O19 - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations D - Microeconomics > D3 - Distribution > D31 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O15 - Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2008 09:10
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 18:39
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/5266

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