by declining religiosity. In order to explain this phenomenon, we integrate into standard R&D-based growth theory a micro … labor share in R&D and gradually increasing productivity growth. We use these insights to reflect on trends in religiosity … and R&D-based growth in the very long run, from Enlightenment to the present day. …

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. It identifies a number of structural breaks over the …

This paper proposes a theory for the gradual evolution of knowledge diffusion and growth over the very long run. A … and an epoch of high growth linked by a gradual economic take-off. It is shown how the feedback mechanism can explain the … ; endogenous growth ; knowledge diffusion ; productivity slowdown ; convergence ; divergence …