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 …

This study provides a uni ed 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 …

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 paper introduces the Small World model (Watts and Strogatz, Nature, 1998) into the theory of economic growth and … perpetual growth is explained by a feedback effect from investment to the formation of long-distance links and the diffusion of …. Structurally, the equilibrium of stagnation differs from balanced growth by the presence of relatively many small firms of low …

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 …