Conventional R&D-based growth theory argues that productivity growth is driven by population growth but the data … suggest that the erstwhile positive correlation between population and productivity turned negative during the 20th century … explains why in modern economies high growth of productivity and income is associated with low or negative population growth …

In medieval times, most people identified with religious values and aggregate income and productivity grew at glacier … speed. In the 20th century, religion played a much lesser role in daily life and income and productivity grew at high and … worldly pleasures and aggregate productivity takes off. An extension of the basic model investigates the Protestant …

Great Divergence, the failure of less developed countries to attract capital from abroad, and a productivity slowdown in … fully developed countries. An extension towards a two-region world economy shows robustness of the gradual take-off and … ; Endogenous Growth ; Knowledge Diffusion ; Productivity Slowdown ; Convergence ; Divergence …

Great Divergence, the failure of less developed countries to attract capital from abroad, and a productivity slowdown in … fully developed countries. An extension towards a two-region world economy shows robustness of the gradual take-off and … ; endogenous growth ; knowledge diffusion ; productivity slowdown ; convergence ; divergence …