Xavier Sala-i-Martin
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Xavier Sala-i-Martin is a Spanish-Colombian economist known for his work on economic growth, development, and global income inequality, and for co-authoring influential research and textbooks in macroeconomics.
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| Xavier Sala-i-Martin canonical | 3 |
| Sala-i-Martin | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Xavier Sala-i-Martin Context triple: [Robert J. Barro, coAuthor, Xavier Sala-i-Martin]
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Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik is a prominent Turkish economist known for his influential work on globalization, economic development, and the political economy of policy reform.
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Robert J. Barro
Robert J. Barro is a prominent American macroeconomist known for his influential work on rational expectations, public debt, and economic growth.
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Pol Antràs
Pol Antràs is a Spanish economist known for his influential research on international trade, global value chains, and firm organization, and for serving as a professor of economics at Harvard University.
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Jordi Feldstein
Jordi Feldstein is the namesake of the individual Jordi, likely a person of personal or familial significance rather than a widely known public figure.
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Emmanuel Saez
Emmanuel Saez is a French-American economist renowned for his influential research on income and wealth inequality and optimal taxation policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xavier Sala-i-Martin Target entity description: Xavier Sala-i-Martin is a Spanish-Colombian economist known for his work on economic growth, development, and global income inequality, and for co-authoring influential research and textbooks in macroeconomics.
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A.
Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik is a prominent Turkish economist known for his influential work on globalization, economic development, and the political economy of policy reform.
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B.
Robert J. Barro
Robert J. Barro is a prominent American macroeconomist known for his influential work on rational expectations, public debt, and economic growth.
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C.
Pol Antràs
Pol Antràs is a Spanish economist known for his influential research on international trade, global value chains, and firm organization, and for serving as a professor of economics at Harvard University.
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D.
Jordi Feldstein
Jordi Feldstein is the namesake of the individual Jordi, likely a person of personal or familial significance rather than a widely known public figure.
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E.
Emmanuel Saez
Emmanuel Saez is a French-American economist renowned for his influential research on income and wealth inequality and optimal taxation policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
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human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in economics ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Harvard University
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Spain ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1962-06-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Cabrera de Mar ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Colombia
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Spain ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Alekos Karabarbounis
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George Mankiw ⓘ
linked to:
Gregory Mankiw
Robert J. Barro ⓘ |
| employer |
Banco de la República (Colombia)
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linked to:
Banco de la República
Columbia University ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ Universitat Pompeu Fabra ⓘ
linked to:
Pompeu Fabra University
Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName |
Sala-i-Martin
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linked to:
Xavier Sala-i-Martin
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| fieldOfWork |
development economics
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economic growth ⓘ economics ⓘ income inequality ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ |
| givenName | Xavier ⓘ |
| knownFor |
World Distribution of Income research
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contributions to the Solow growth model literature ⓘ cross-country growth regressions ⓘ research on development economics ⓘ research on economic growth ⓘ research on global income inequality ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Catalan
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English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| name | Xavier Sala-i-Martin ⓘ |
| nationality |
Colombian
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Spanish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Economic Growth (textbook)
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I Just Ran Two Million Regressions ⓘ The Global Competitiveness Report (contributions) ⓘ
linked to:
Global Competitiveness Report
The World Distribution of Income (1970–2000) ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Economic Advisor to the World Economic Forum
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Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra ⓘ Professor of Economics at Columbia University ⓘ Visiting professor at Harvard University ⓘ Visiting professor at Yale University ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
convergence in income levels
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determinants of long-run growth ⓘ institutional determinants of development ⓘ measurement of global poverty ⓘ |
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