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Galor, Oded; Weil, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

This paper examines a novel mechanism linking fertility and growth. There are three components to the model. First … to men's. Second, increasing women's relative wages reduces fertility by raising the cost of children more than household … income. Third, lower fertility raises the level of capital per worker. This positive feedback loop generates a demographic …

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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 factors that have governed the pace of the transition from...

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Population, Technology and Growth: From the Malthusian Regime to the Demographic Transition

Galor, Oded; Weil, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper develops a unified model of growth, population, and technological progress that is consistent with long-term historical evidence. The economy endogenously evolves through three phases. In the Malthusian regime, population growth is positively related to the level of income per capita....

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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, technology and income per capita in the long...

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From Malthusian Stagnation to Modern Growth

Galor, Oded; Weil, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

This paper examines the historical evolution of the relationship between population growth, technological change, and the standard of living. It considers several unified models that encompass the transition between three distinct regimes that have characterized the process of economic...

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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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Trading Population for Productivity: Theory and Evidence

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

establish that indeed trade has positive effects on fertility and negative effects on education in non-OECD economies, while … inducing fertility decline and human capital formation in OECD economies. …

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The Biocultural Origins of Human Capital Formation

Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

date of first marriage and the first birth to establish that while higher fecundity is associated with a larger number of …

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The Demographic Transition and the Emergence of Sustained Economic Growth

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

fertility rates and population growth in various regions of the world, enabling economies to convert a larger share of the …

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The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Spirit and the Process of Development

Galor, Oded; Michalopoulos, Stelios - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This research suggests that the evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of economic development and the evolution of inequality within and across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit evolved non-monotonically in the course of human history....

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