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 … population, so that output per capita is stable around a constant level. In the post-Malthusian regime, the growth rates of …

economic growth since the emergence of the human species. This unified theory encompasses the observed evolution of population …

This paper examines the historical evolution of the relationship between population growth, technological change, and …

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 …

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility … and the transition to modern growth. -- demographic transition ; gender gap ; human capital ; fertility ; mortality …

finding further indicates that the optimal level of fecundity was below the population median, lending credence to the …

carbon emissions accounting for the impacts of fertility on population growth, population age structure, and income per …We provide evidence that lower fertility can simultaneously increase income per capita and lower carbon emissions …, eliminating a trade-off central to most policies aimed at slowing global climate change. We estimate the effect of lower fertility …