Crafts, Nicholas (1999) Economic growth in the Twentieth Century. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 15 (4). pp. 18-34. ISSN 1460-2121
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Estimates of growth rates of real output per head in various countries are presented and it is concluded that divergence has been more common than catch-up in the twentieth century. Trends in the Human Development Index are reported and these offer a more encouraging picture of the relative performance of poor countries. Key issues in growth economics are reviewed against the background of the long-run evidence; these include the plausibility of innovation-based theories of endogenous growth, the reasons for the commonplace failure of fast-growing countries to sustain their growth, and the impact of technological revolutions on productivity growth.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://oxrep.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 1999 Oxford University Press and the Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited |
| Divisions: | Economic History |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2010 15:37 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jan 2024 04:48 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/7340 |
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