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JEL.L63 · 08-03-2008, 04:09 AM

Hi people:

I am planning to specialize in Economic Growth. And I'm in the process of sorting out which department to apply to. At this point, evidence show that Harvard is the leading department in economic growth. There is Barro after all. What other department, besides Harvard, would you say is strong in Economic Growth research?

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italos · 08-03-2008, 05:07 AM

Columbia perhaps working with Sala-i-Martin could be a place

econostudent · 08-03-2008, 08:22 AM

Brown has a reputation for Growth. It has quite a few people working on Growth issues.

asianeconomist · 08-03-2008, 09:00 AM

MIT's Poverty Action Lab does really top-class research on development issues.

Yale also has the Economic Growth Centre.

vanRijn · 08-03-2008, 02:57 PM

@ WUSTL with Boldrin?

or if you are into developement try ECONOMIC GROWTH CENTER HOMEPAGE

Gecko · 08-03-2008, 03:07 PM

Stanford? Romer is still there, haha. MIT, Acemoglu does growth using political economy approach, which seems kinda interesting

Golden Rule · 08-03-2008, 04:39 PM

As far as I know, Brown is about the only place that offers a field in economic growth.

People here can correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel the way that field is evolving is that no one really does economic growth as their primary field these days. Rather, the cutting edge research in economic growth is done by specialists in other fields who then develop growth models that incorporate elements/evidence from their fields. This is the impression I get from looking at this year's NBER Summer Institute schedule on economic growth. No one on this list strikes me as a specialist in economist growth -- a nice mix of IO, trade, macro, labor economists.

So I wouldn't select schools based on one author who has done some research on growth in the past. I would think of what fields I want to apply to growth, and pick schools more based on strength in that area (and if someone there has taken that field to growth models, all the better).

To drive home my point, as a grad student it's tough to develop without an active community of researchers in your field. That is your department offers faculty seminars, student seminars, second-year courses in your area. It's not just working with one person. I can't think of any school that offers a seminar series in economic growth. There just aren't enough people who have that as their sole focus.

JEL.L63 · 08-03-2008, 07:04 PM

Hi there, Thanks to all for your replies. I had Considered Yale before. But I didn't know about Brown. I did also consider Columbia and Stanford (for Romer and Xala-i-Martin) but the problem is that at stanford and Columbia they are pretty much alone on that.

Harvard seem to me a more diversed place that could allow me to apply growth to other areas. And vice versa, of course. But it is true, Economic Growth is by far a very narrowed field in respect to the number of researchers. That is in contrast to Development (wich many seems to be very related to growth) where there is plenty of researcher. But yet, Growth seems to me a more advances field in contrast to Development in spite of the greater quantity of researcher in this last area.

I will keep on sorting this out. Please if anyone could add something esle. Please do so.

Thesus · 08-03-2008, 10:16 PM

Brown does offer a field in growth, so definitely check them out.

I am also a growth person, the Aghion/Howitt text Endogenous Growth Theory is definitely my favourite book. But I concur in saying that growth theory in and of itself isn't much of a field in isolation any more. Golden Rule said it correctly, and I've heard the same thing from professors back home in Canada and here at Rochester.

unitroot · 08-03-2008, 11:50 PM

UC Berkeley's professor Charles Jones is a solid researcher and works in economic growth. However, someone mentioned on this forum that he is deciding whether to move to Stanford some time soon. In any case, you will likely find out where he ends up before applications are due. (BTW, his text on growth might be worth reading before going to grad school since it is fairly short, interesting, and easy to read)

I wouldn't discount University of Minnesota either. They're a big macro powerhouse and probably have some good people that work in growth and development.

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08-03-2008, 08:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
econostudent Trying to make mom and pop proud Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 12	Brown has a reputation for Growth. It has quite a few people working on Growth issues.

08-03-2008, 02:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
vanRijn Trying to make mom and pop proud Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 13	@ WUSTL with Boldrin? or if you are into developement try ECONOMIC GROWTH CENTER HOMEPAGE

08-03-2008, 03:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
Gecko Eager! Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 52	Stanford? Romer is still there, haha. MIT, Acemoglu does growth using political economy approach, which seems kinda interesting

08-03-2008, 04:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
Golden Rule TestMagic Guru-in-Training Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 552	As far as I know, Brown is about the only place that offers a field in economic growth. People here can correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel the way that field is evolving is that no one really does economic growth as their primary field these days. Rather, the cutting edge research in economic growth is done by specialists in other fields who then develop growth models that incorporate elements/evidence from their fields. This is the impression I get from looking at this year's NBER Summer Institute schedule on economic growth. No one on this list strikes me as a specialist in economist growth -- a nice mix of IO, trade, macro, labor economists. So I wouldn't select schools based on one author who has done some research on growth in the past. I would think of what fields I want to apply to growth, and pick schools more based on strength in that area (and if someone there has taken that field to growth models, all the better). To drive home my point, as a grad student it's tough to develop without an active community of researchers in your field. That is your department offers faculty seminars, student seminars, second-year courses in your area. It's not just working with one person. I can't think of any school that offers a seminar series in economic growth. There just aren't enough people who have that as their sole focus.

08-03-2008, 07:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
JEL.L63 Trying to make mom and pop proud Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 26	Hi there, Thanks to all for your replies. I had Considered Yale before. But I didn't know about Brown. I did also consider Columbia and Stanford (for Romer and Xala-i-Martin) but the problem is that at stanford and Columbia they are pretty much alone on that. Harvard seem to me a more diversed place that could allow me to apply growth to other areas. And vice versa, of course. But it is true, Economic Growth is by far a very narrowed field in respect to the number of researchers. That is in contrast to Development (wich many seems to be very related to growth) where there is plenty of researcher. But yet, Growth seems to me a more advances field in contrast to Development in spite of the greater quantity of researcher in this last area. I will keep on sorting this out. Please if anyone could add something esle. Please do so.

08-03-2008, 10:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
Thesus Attending Rochester. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland Posts: 299	Brown does offer a field in growth, so definitely check them out. I am also a growth person, the Aghion/Howitt text Endogenous Growth Theory is definitely my favourite book. But I concur in saying that growth theory in and of itself isn't much of a field in isolation any more. Golden Rule said it correctly, and I've heard the same thing from professors back home in Canada and here at Rochester.

08-03-2008, 11:50 PM	#10 (permalink)
unitroot Within my grasp! Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 188	UC Berkeley's professor Charles Jones is a solid researcher and works in economic growth. However, someone mentioned on this forum that he is deciding whether to move to Stanford some time soon. In any case, you will likely find out where he ends up before applications are due. (BTW, his text on growth might be worth reading before going to grad school since it is fairly short, interesting, and easy to read) I wouldn't discount University of Minnesota either. They're a big macro powerhouse and probably have some good people that work in growth and development.

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