This chapter studies the interface in poor countries of population growth, rural poverty, and deterioration of the local natural-resource base, a subject that has been much neglected by modern demographers and development economists. The motivations for procreation in rural communities of the...

Zusammenfassung Ausgangspunkt des vorliegenden Artikels ist die vorherrschende Auffassung im Digitalisierungsdiskurs, dass gegenwärtig ein ausgesprochener Technologieschub mit disruptiven Folgen für Arbeit stattfindet. Im Beitrag wird jedoch argumentiert, dass ein disruptiver und Strukturen...

If technological innovations in the North can be costlessly imitated by educated workers in the South, and if education decisions are endogenous, why aren't all countries well-educated and rich? This paper explores a possible answer: if technologically advanced sectors, operating under...

Summary The paper demonstrates the compatibility between competition as a rivalry among firms and increasing returns resulting from innovative choice. The analysis offers the prospect of a general theory of economic evolution. It is carried out by means of a model, which makes it possible to...