Why do some countries produce so much more output per worker than others?
Why do some countries produce so much more output per worker than others?
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DOI：
10.1162/003355399555954
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发表时间：
1999-02-01
影响因子：
13.7
通讯作者：
Jones, CI
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作者：
Hall, RE;Jones, CI
每个工人的产出在不同国家之间差别很大。为什么？在会计基础上，我们的分析表明，物质资本和教育程度的差异只能部分解释每个工人的产出差异--我们发现索洛残差水平在不同国家之间存在很大差异。在更深的层面上，我们记录了资本积累、生产率以及因此每个工人的产出的差异是由制度和政府政策的差异驱动的，我们称之为社会基础设施。我们认为社会基础设施是内生的，历史上由地点和部分由语言捕捉的其他因素决定。
Output per worker varies enormously across countries. Why? On an accounting basis our analysis shows that differences in physical capital and educational attainment can only partially explain the variation in output per worker-we find a large amount of variation in the level of the Solow residual across countries. At a deeper level, we document that the differences in capital accumulation, productivity, and therefore output per worker are driven by differences in institutions and government policies, which we call social infrastructure. We treat social infrastructure as endogenous, determined historically by location and other factors captured in part by language.