Madsen, Jakob Brøchner; Strulik, Holger - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 14 (2023) 1, pp. 235-275
A core mechanism of unified growth theory is that accelerating technological progress induces mass education and …. We measure a country's technological progress as patents per capita, R&D intensity, and investment in machinery … gender wage gap, we establish (1) a significant impact of technological progress on education (positive) and fertility …