Chapter 1. Introduction: The Issue of Regional Development.- Chapter 2. Growth and International Knowledge Spillovers with Firm Heterogeneity.- Chapter 3. Political Economy of Patent Policy and Economic Growth.- Chapter 4. Abundant Resource Endowments, Institutions and Economic Growth - A Theoretical Framework and Validation Using China's Provincial Data.- Chapter 5. Endogenous Fertility, Childlessness and Economic Growth.- Chapter 6. Economic Growth and Work-Life Balance.- Chapter 7. Uncertainty of Educational Outcome, Demographic Transition and Income Distribution.- Chapter 8. Investment in Education and Intergenerational Conflicts of Interest within the Family.- Chapter 9. Income Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility in an Endogenously Growing Economy.-