determinant of the distribution of world population and a prime cause of the Great Divergence in income per capita across … countries in the last two centuries. The theory suggests that international trade affected the evolution of economies … comparative advantage generates an important new insight regarding the distribution of the gains from trade. The theory suggests …

industrialization and, thereby, their take-off to a state of sustained economic growth. The theory contributes to the understanding of … innovation and their ability in fostering industrialization, the proposed theory suggests that the desirable degree of the …

The demographic transition that swept the world in the course of the last century has been identified as one of the … fertility rates and population growth in various regions of the world, enabling economies to convert a larger share of the …

This paper explores the implications of Unified Growth Theory for the origins of existing differences in income per … capita across countries. The theory sheds light on three fundamental layers of comparative development. It identifies the …

This paper empirically tests the predictions of the Malthusian theory with respect to both population dynamics and … income per capita stagnation in the pre-Industrial Revolution era. The theory suggests that improvements in technology during … demonstrates that, in accordance with the Malthusian theory, societies that were characterized by higher land productivity and an …