Stephen Knowles

BCom(Hons) PhD (Otago)

Stephen's research interests are primarily in the area of empirical modelling of economic growth, including the effects of gender inequalities in education and health on economic growth, the relationship between social capital and economic performance, the effects of government intervention on economic performance and the relationship between income inequality and economic growth. In recent years he has developed a research interest in experimental economics. His teaching interests include the economics of developing countries and introductory microeconomics.

Contact Details

Office CO707
Tel 64 3 479 8350
Email stephen.knowles@otago.ac.nz

Current Teaching

• ECON 303

Selected Publications

"Does trust extend beyond the village? Experimental trust and social distance in Cameroon" (with A Etang and D Fielding) Experimental Economics 14 (1), 2011, 15-35.

"Dangerous interactions: Problems in interpreting tests of conditional aid effectiveness" (with D Fielding) The World Economy (forthcoming).

"Which institutions are good for your health? The deep determinants of comparative cross-country health status", (with P.D. Owen), Journal of Development Studies 46(4). 2010. 701-723.

"Social capital, egalitarianism and foreign aid allocations", Journal of International Development 19(3), 2007, 299-314.

"Inequality and economic growth: the empirical relationship reconsidered in the light of comparable data", Journal of Development Studies, 41, 2005, 135-159.

"Total factor productivity, per capita income and social divergence", (with R.Q. Grafton and P.D. Owen), Economic Record, 80, 2004, 302-313.

"Government intervention and economic performance in East Asia", (with Arlene Garces-Ozanne), Economic Development and Cultural Change, 51, 2003, 451-477.

"Are educational gender gaps a brake on economic development? some cross-country empirical evidence", (with P Lorgelly and P D Owen), Oxford Economic Papers, 54, 2002, 118-149.

"Are the Penn World Tables data on government consumption and investment being misused?", Economics Letters, 71, 2001, 293-298.

"Education and health in an effective-labour empirical growth model", (with P D Owen), Economic Record, 73, 1997, 314-328.

"Health capital and cross-country variation in income per capita in the Mankiw-Romer-Weil model", (with P D Owen), Economics Letters, 48, 1995, 99-106.

Website

Stephen's personal website is also available.

^ Top of page | Contact Us | Disclaimer | Email economics@otago.ac.nz