Discussion paper

DP10235 Growth, Trade, and Inequality

We introduce firm and worker heterogeneity into a model of innovation-driven endogenous growth. Individuals who differ in ability sort into either a research sector or a manufacturing sector that produces differentiated goods. Each research project generates a new variety of the differentiated product and a random technology for producing it. Technologies differ in complexity and productivity, and technological sophistication is complementary to worker ability. We study the co-determination of growth and income inequality in both the closed and open economy, as well as the spillover effects of policy and conditions in one country to outcomes in others.

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Citation

Helpman, E and G Grossman (2014), ‘DP10235 Growth, Trade, and Inequality‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 10235. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp10235

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Inequality bands: Seventy-five years of measuring income inequality in Latin America

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