Economic Growth in a Cross Section of Countries

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Authors

Robert J. Barro

Year

1991

Field

Macroeconomics / growth empirics

One big idea

Poorer countries with more human capital tend to grow faster—convergence, but only if institutions and policies aren’t a disaster.

My take

Feels like the OG regression buffet for growth nerds. Lots of caveats, but great for learning how messy cross-country data really is.