Murat F Iyigun
Biographic Data
| ID | 5733019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Murat F Iyigun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Murat F |
| FAMILY NAME | Iyigun |
| SIGNATURE | IYIGUN M F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Income Inequality, Financial Development, and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
We examine the relationship between income inequality and variability in aggregate consumption growth. In high-income countries, greater income inequality appears to be associated with more volatility in consumption growth, whereas in lower-income countries, higher levels of income inequality tend to be associated with less volatility. We present evidence that variability in real GDP growth is also related to income inequality in the same way. Ou…
Timing of childbearing and economic growth
Risk, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital Accumulation
Entrepreneurial human capital plays a relatively more important role in intermediate income countries, but professional human capital is relatively more abundant in richer economies. Because the return to entrepreneurship is risky, individuals devote less time to the accumulation of entrepreneurial skills and more to the accumulation of professional skills as per capita income grows. Countries that initially have too little of either entrepreneur…
Population Increase and the End of Colonialism
Between 1946 and 1976, the European powers granted independence to all of their large colonies in Africa and Southeast Asia. This paper attempts to provide an economic explanation for this remarkable ending to the era of colonialism. The main theoretical innovation is to consider the effect of population increase on the allocation of time by the indigenous population between productive and subversive activities. The analysis suggests that the inc…
Timing of childbearing and economic growth
Income Inequality, Financial Development, and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
We examine the relationship between income inequality and variability in aggregate consumption growth. In high-income countries, greater income inequality appears to be associated with more volatility in consumption growth, whereas in lower-income countries, higher levels of income inequality tend to be associated with less volatility. We present evidence that variability in real GDP growth is also related to income inequality in the same way. Ou…
Population Increase and the End of Colonialism
Between 1946 and 1976, the European powers granted independence to all of their large colonies in Africa and Southeast Asia. This paper attempts to provide an economic explanation for this remarkable ending to the era of colonialism. The main theoretical innovation is to consider the effect of population increase on the allocation of time by the indigenous population between productive and subversive activities. The analysis suggests that the inc…
Population Increase and the End of Colonialism
Between 1946 and 1976, the European powers granted independence to all of their large colonies in Africa and Southeast Asia. This paper attempts to provide an economic explanation for this remarkable ending to the era of colonialism. The main theoretical innovation is to consider the effect of population increase on the allocation of time by the indigenous population between productive and subversive activities. The analysis suggests that the inc…
Risk, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital Accumulation
Entrepreneurial human capital plays a relatively more important role in intermediate income countries, but professional human capital is relatively more abundant in richer economies. Because the return to entrepreneurship is risky, individuals devote less time to the accumulation of entrepreneurial skills and more to the accumulation of professional skills as per capita income grows. Countries that initially have too little of either entrepreneur…
Timing of childbearing and economic growth
Income Inequality, Financial Development, and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
We examine the relationship between income inequality and variability in aggregate consumption growth. In high-income countries, greater income inequality appears to be associated with more volatility in consumption growth, whereas in lower-income countries, higher levels of income inequality tend to be associated with less volatility. We present evidence that variability in real GDP growth is also related to income inequality in the same way. Ou…
Economic Growth and Productivity (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Adjusted gross income (1 works) · Aggregate income (1 works) · Biology (1 works)