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Subsistence: A Bio-economic Foundation of the Malthusian Equilibrium

Strulik, Holger; Dalgaard, Carl-Johan - 2007

mass and fertility. The theory admits a two-dimensional Malthusian equilibrium characterized by population density and body …

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A bioeconomic foundation of the Malthusian equilibrium : body size and population size in the long-run

Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Strulik, Holger - 2007

fertility. The theory admits a unique Malthusian equilibrium in a two-dimensional state space characterized by population …

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The simplest unified growth theory

Strulik, Holger; Weisdorf, Jacob - 2007

This paper provides a uni?ed growth theory, i.e. a model that explains the very long-run economic and demographic …

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The determinants of subsistence income in a Malthusian world

Strulik, Holger; Weisdorf, Jacob - 2009

This study constructs a simple, two-sector Malthusian model with agriculture and industry, and use it to identify the determinants of subsistence income. We make standard assumptions about preferences and production technology, but by contrast to existing studies we assume that children and...

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Natural selection and the origin of economic growth

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - 2000

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 uni…ed theory encompasses the observed evolution of population … theory suggests that prolonged economic stagnation prior to the transition to sustained growth stimulated natural selection …

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Population growth and environmental deterioration: An intertemporal perspective

Jöst, Frank; Quaas, Martin; Schiller, Johannes - 2004

Population growth is often viewed as a most oppressive global problem with respect to environmental deterioration. In this paper, we investigate the optimal development of a coupled system comprising population, economy, and the natural environment as subsystems. In our formal dynamic model...

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Environmental problems and economic development in an endogenous fertility model

Joest, Frank; Quaas, Martin; Schiller, Johannes - 2006

Population growth is often viewed as a most oppressive global problem with respect to environmental deterioration, but the relationships between population development, economic dynamics and environmental pollution are complex due to various feedback mechanisms. We analyze society’s economic...

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Environmental and population externalities

Joest, Frank; Quaas, Martin - 2006

In this paper, we investigate the external effects of the parent's decisions on the number of newly born children and the firm's decisions on the amount of polluting emissions that occur in industrial production. We employ an optimal control model which comprises three stock variables...

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Population Aging, the Composition of Government Spending,and Endogenous Economic Growth in Politico-Economic Equilibrium

Kuehnel, Johanna - 2011

This paper introduces a democratic voting process into an OLG economy in order to analyze the e ffects of a rising old-age dependency ratio on the composition of government spending and endogenous economic growth. Forward-looking agents vote each period on the public policy mix between...

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Ageing, Government Budgets, Retirement, and Growth

Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín; Niepelt, Dirk - 2011

We analyze the short and long run effects of demographic ageing - increased longevity and reduced fertility - on per-capita growth. The OLG model captures direct effects, working through adjustments in the savings rate, labor supply, and capital deepening, and indirect effects, working through...

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