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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296042
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265679
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265680
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270038
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318963
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Extension of Fisher's classical result on exponential dynamics of the reproductive value to a wide class of populations
Ediev, Dalkhat M. - 2005
The classical result by R.A. Fisher concerning reproductive value dynamics is expanded to the case of varying vital rates with a constant cohort Lotka's r. Based on the demographic potential approach, generalization of the concept of reproductive value is introduced, which exhibits exponential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352604
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Survival of the richest: the Malthusian mechanism in pre-industrial England
Clark, Gregory; Hamilton, Gillian - 2006
Fundamental to the Malthusian model of pre-industrial society is the assumption that higher income increased reproductive success. Despite the seemingly inescapable logic of this model, the empirical support for this vital assumption in the preindustrial world is weak. Here we examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266384
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What accounts for the emergence of Malthusian fertility in transition economies?
Micevska, Maja B.; Zak, Paul J. - 2002
The transition to market-oriented economies in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in the 1990s, like the Great Depression in the U.S. and Germany in the 1930s, generated sharp declines in real incomes and a corresponding drop in fertility. This is contrary to the robust...
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Residence patterns in nineteenth century Hungary: Evidence from the Hungarian MOSAIC sample.
Őri, Péter; Pakot, Levente - 2014
The MOSAIC project aimed to collect information on micro-census data preserved in different European countries and to build up an online database so as to open up new research possibilities on household structure and marriage patterns. The Hungarian MOSAIC sample is based on the data of the 1869...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012316664
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Growth on a Finite Planet: Resources, Technology and Population in the Long Run
Peretto, Pietro F.; Valente, Simone - 2011
We study the interactions between technological change, resource scarcity and population dynamics in a Schumpeterian model with endogenous fertility. There exists a pseudo- Malthusian equilibrium in which population is constant and income grows exponentially: the equilibrium population level is...
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