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CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO Y DESARROLLO
Semestre I de 2004
Mircoles y Viernes de 11:30-1:30
Saln AU 303

Profesores: Guillermo Perry
Rodrigo Suescn

Prerequisitos: Macroeconoma 3

OBJETIVO
Este curso tiene como objetivo familiarizar al estudiante con las principales teoras
econmicas de crecimiento y desarollo, lo mismo con el correspondiente debate
emprico.

METODOLOGIA
La clase combinar ctedra magistral con presentaciones y discusiones de los estudiantes
de algunos trabajos empricos. Esto con el propsito de estimular un ambiente de
discussion y evaluacin crtica dentro de la clase.

EVALUACION
Exposiciones: 25%
2 Parciales: 50%
1 Final: 25%

REFERENCIAS BASICAS
Barro, R. and X. Sala-i-Martin (1995) Economic Growth, New York: McGraw-Hill.
[B&S]
Easterly, W. (2002) The Elusive Quest for Growth. Economists Adventures and
Misadventures in the Tropics , Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. [E]
Sala-i-Martin, X. (2000) Apuntes de Crecimiento Econmico, Segunda Edicin,
Barcelona: Antoni Bosch Editor. [S]

PROGRAMA
1) Introduccin
[E] cap. 1
Dollar, D. and A. Kraay (2002) Growth is Good for the Poor, Journal of
Economic Growth, 7(3), p. 195-225.
United Nations Development Program (2003) Human Development Report.
Chen, S and M. Ravallion (2002) How Did the Worlds Poorest Fare in the
1990s, Policy Research Working Paper #2409, World Bank.
World Bank (2003) Sustainable Development in a Dynamic World, World
Development Report 2003.

2) El Modelo Neoclsico de Crecimiento y el Debate sobre Convergencia
[B&S] cap. 1 y 11
[E] cap. 2 y 3
Pritchett, L. (1997) Divergence, Big Time, Journal of Economic Perspectives,
11(3), p. 3-17.
Mankiw, G., D. Romer and D. Weil (1992) A Contribution to the Empirics of
Economic Growth, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 107(2), p. 407-37.

3) Progreso Tecnolgico Endgeno y Fuentes de Crecimiento
[B&S] cap. 11
[E] cap. 9
Barro, R. (1999) Notes on Growth Accounting, Journal of Economic Growth,
4(2), p. 119-137.
Basu, S. and D. Weil (1998) Appropriate Technology and Growth, Quarterly
Journal of Economics, 113(4), p. 1025-54.
Lucas, R.,Jr. (1993) Making a Miracle, Econometrica, 61(2), p. 251-72.
Lederman, D. y W. Maloney (2003) R&D and Development, Policy Research
Working Paper #3024, World Bank.
Parente, S. (1994) Technology Adoption, Learning by Doing, and Economic
Growth, Journal of Economic Theory, 63, p. 346-69.

4) Estudios Empricos y Quantitativos
[B&S] cap. 12
Levine, R. and D. Renelt (1992) A Sensitivity Analysis of Cross-Country
Growth Regressions, American Economic Review, 82(4), p. 942-63.
Montiel, P., W. Easterly and N. Loayza (1996) Has Latin Americas Post-
Reform Growth Been Disappointing?, Policy Research Working Paper #
1708, World Bank.

5) Poblacin Endgena
[E] cap. 5
Kremer, M. (1993) Population Growth and Technological Change: 1.000.000
B.C. to 1990, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 108(3), p. 681-716.
Galor, O. and D. Weil (1996) The Gender Gap, Fertility and Growth,
American Economic Review, 86(3), p. 374-387.

6) Educacin, Salud, Tecnologa y Crecimiento
[E] cap. 4 y 5
Becker, G. (1993) Human Capital, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Krueger, A. and Lindahl, L. (2001) Education for Growth: Why and For
Whom?, Journal of Economic Literature, 39(4), 1101-36.
Pritchett, L. (2001) Where Has All the Education Gone?, World Bank
Economic Review, 15(3), p. 367-91.
Strauss, J. and D. Thomas (1995) Human Resources: Empirical Modeling of
Household and Family Decisions, en Handbook of Development
Economics, Vol3, Amsterdam: North Holland, p. 1885-2023.
De Ferranti, D., G. Perry, I. Gill, L. Guasch, W. Maloney, C. Snchez-
Pramo, N. Schady (2003) Closing the Gap in Education and
Technology, Washington, D. C.: The World Bank.

7) Crecimiento, Polticas e Instituciones
[E] varios captulos
Acemoglu, D., S. Johnson and J. Robinson (2001) The Colonial Origins of
Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation, American
Baldwin, R. (2003) Openness and Trade: What is the Empirical Relationship?,
NBER Working Paper #9578.
Dollar, D. and A. Kraay (2001) Trade, Growth and Poverty, Policy Research
Working Paper #2615, World Bank.
Dollar, D. and A. Kraay (2003) Institutions, Trade, and Growth: Revisiting the
Evidence, Policy Research Working Paper #3004, World Bank.
Hausmann, R. and D. Rodrik (2002) Economic Development as Self-
Discovery, Journal of Development Economics, 72(2), 603-33.
Rodrick, D. and F. Rodrguez (1999) Trade Policy and Economic Growth: A
Skeptics Guide to Cross National Evidence, NBER Working Paper #
7081.
Rodrik, D. (2002) Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions over Geography
and Integration in Economic Development, NBER Working Paper #
9305.
Sachs, J. (2003) Institutions Dont Rule: Direct effects of Geography on Per
Capita Income, NBER Working Paper #9094.
Sachs, J. y A. Warner (1995) Economic Reform and the Process of Economic
Integration, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1, p. 1-118.
Wacziarg, R. (2001) Measuring the Dynamic Gains from Growth, The World
Bank Economic Review, 15, p. 393-430.
Wacziarg, R. and K. Welch (2003) Trade Liberalization and Growth: New
Evidence, NBER Working Paper #10152.

8) Crecimiento, Geografa y Recursos Naturales
Acemoglu, D., S. Johnson and J. Robinson (2002) Reversal of Fortune:
Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income
Distributions, Quarterly Journal of Economic, 107, p. 1231-94.
De Ferranti, D., G.Perry, D. Lederman and W. Maloney (2002) From Natural
Resources to the Knowledge Economy, Washington, D. C.: The World
Bank.
Lederman, D. y W. Maloney (2003) Trade Structure and Growth, Policy
Research Working Paper #3025, World Bank.
Sachs, J. y A. Warner (1995) Natural Resources Abundance and Economic
Growth, NBER Working Paper #5398.

9) Crecimiento, Desigualdad y Pobreza
De Ferranti, D., G. Perry, F. Ferreira y M. Walton (2003) Inequality in Latin
America and the Caribbean: Breaking with History?, Washington, D. C.:
The World Bank.
Jones, C. (1997) On the Evolution of the World Income Distribution, Journal
of Economic Perspectives, 11, p. 19-36.
Kuznets, S. (1955) Economic Growth and Income Inequality, American
Lopez, H. (2003) Macroeconomics and Inequality, Washington D.C.: The
World Bank, processed.
Ravallion, M. (2001) Growth, Inequality and Poverty: Looking Beyond
Averages, Policy Research Working Paper #2558, World Bank.
Ravillion, M. (2003) The Debate on Globalization, Poverty and Inequality: Why
Measurement Matters Policy Research Working Paper #3038, World
Bank.
Sen, A. (1999) Development As Freedom, New York: Knpf Press.

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