This paper investigates the problem of an ``optimum population'' with respect to the age structure. Within a 3-period OLG model, with endogenous fertility and longevity, the optimal age structure, identified by number-dampened total utilitarianism, is generally failed in the laissez-faire...

This paper investigates the problem of an \optimum population" concerning age structures in a 3-period OLG-model with endogenous fertility and longevity. The first-best solution for a number-dampened total social welfare function, including Millian and Benthamite utilitarianism as two extreme...

Das Modell des isolierten Staates bildet die Grundlage fuer Johann Heinrich von Thuenens Untersuchung zur Entlohnung des Produktionsfaktors Arbeit. Innerhalb des Modells wird formal und anhand ausgewaehlter Zahlenbeispiele der "naturgemaesse Lohn" ermittelt. Mit dem Ziel, Aspekte der...

We argue that market forces shaped the geographic distribution of upper-tail human capital across Europe during the Middle Ages, and contributed to bolstering universities at the dawn of the Humanistic and Scientiffc Revolutions. We build a unique database of thousands of scholars from...