We set up a unified growth model with gender-specific differences in tastes for consumption, fertility, education of … education, and sluggish economic growth towards a state of low fertility, high education, and fast economic growth if the child … quantity-quality preferences of spouses differ substantially. In this case targeted policies to empower women have the …

This study provides a unified growth theory to correctly predict the initially negative and subsequently positive … transitions. The model captures the intricate interplay between technological progress, mortality, fertility and economic growth … in the transition from Malthusian stagnation to modern growth. Not only does it provide an explanation for the …

This paper provides a uni?ed growth theory, i.e. a model that explains the very long-run economic and demographic …. The current framework lends support to existing uni?ed growth theories and is well in tune with historical evidence about … structural transformation. -- Economic Growth ; Population Growth ; Structural Change ; Industrial Revolution …

This paper provides a unified growth theory, i.e. a model that explains the very long-run economic and demographic … growth makes food goods, and therefore children, relatively less expensive. Industrial productivity growth, on the other hand … from a period of relatively fast productivity growth in industry compared to agriculture. In part, this is caused by …