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Trade and the Great Divergence: The Family Connection

Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This research argues that the rapid expansion of international trade in the second phase of the industrial revolution has played a major role in the timing of demographic transitions across countries and has thereby been a significant determinant of the distribution of world population and a...

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Technological Progress, Mobility, and Economic Growth

Galor, Oded; Tsiddon, Daniel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper analyses the relationship between technological progress, intergenerational earnings mobility, and economic growth. The analysis demonstrates that the interplay between technological progress and two components that determine individual earnings – parental human capital and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124238

Inequality in Land Ownership, the Emergence of Human Capital Promoting Institutions and the Great Divergence

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Vollrath, Dietrich - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

. The prediction of the theory regarding the adverse effect of the concentration of land ownership on education expenditure …

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Why are a Third of People Indian and Chinese? Trade, Industrialization and Demographic Transition

Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This research argues that international trade has played a significant role in the timing of demographic transitions across countries and has thereby been a major determinant of the distribution of world population and a prime cause of sustained differences in population growth and income levels...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136437

From Stagnation to Growth: Unified Growth Theory

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

human history induced growth theorists to advance an alternative theory that captures in a single unified framework the … distinct regimes. Unified growth theory reveals the underlying micro foundations that are consistent with the growth process … over the entire history of the human species, enhancing the confidence in the viability of the theory, its predictions and …

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2008 Lawrence R. Klein Lecture -- Comparative Economic Development: Insights from Unified Growth Theory

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

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 …

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The Demographic Transition: Causes and Consequences

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...

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Trading Population for Productivity: Theory and Evidence

Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This research argues that the differential effect of international trade on the demand for human capital across countries has been a major determinant of the distribution of income and population across the globe. In developed countries the gains from trade have been directed towards investment...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114289

The Demographic Transition and the Emergence of Sustained Economic Growth

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The demographic transition that swept the world in the course of the last century has been identified as one of the prime forces in the transition from stagnation to growth. The unprecedented increase in population growth during the early stages of industrialization was ultimately reversed and...

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Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and … economic growth since the emergence of the human species. This unified theory encompasses the observed evolution of population … theory suggests that prolonged economic stagnation prior to the transition to sustained growth stimulated natural selection …

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