genetic diversity ; Comparative development ; Population density ; Neolithic Revolution ; Land productivity ; Malthusian …

Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in … about well-being, we find no support for this claim. The relationship between well-being and income is roughly linear …

of the fertility transition, technological progress increased inequality directly through land-biased technological … a panel of European countries over the period 1265-1850 using agricultural productivity as a measure of technology … fertility transition. …

for countries in different portions of the global income distribution. The results have implications for the role of …

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 …

This study is a first contribution to prioritization across productivity determinant capabilities that attempts to … may have in reaching higher income per capita groups. The prioritization of these determinants-spanning different sectors …-seems to be specific to the income per capita group to which a country belongs. Moreover, empirical estimates reveal that …

-country income distribution. Using a newly constructed dataset of climatic temperatures stretching over three centuries (18th, 19th … is introduced, the effect of 20th century climatic temperature on current income is either weakly positive or … insignificant. Our findings are robust to various sub-samples, additional geographic controls, and alternative income measures. The …

income per capita, into a Post-Malthusian regime, where technological progress rises and population growth absorbs only part … of output growth. Ultimately, a demographic transition reverses the positive relationship between income and population … growth, and the economy enters a Modern Growth regime with reduced population growth and sustained growth of income …