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 …

a panel of European countries over the period 1265-1850 using agricultural productivity as a measure of technology …

We investigate the effects of human capital accumulation on trade and productivity by integrating a micro …

We investigate the effects of demographic change and human capital accumulation on trade and productivity of domestic … need not be a serious concern with respect to productivity and international competitiveness of countries. …

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 …