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...ted theory encompasses the observed evolution of … growth. The theory suggests that prolonged economic stagnation prior to the transition to sustained growth stimulated natural …

We explore the relation between fertility and the business cycle in Latin American countries taking advantage of the … existing cross-country and within-country differences in both fertility and macroeconomic conditions. First, we use a panel of … 18 nations for over 45 years to study how different labor market and economic shocks may have affected fertility. Second …

This paper presents a model of fertility, which is specific for the industrialization that took place during the … research on demographic transition assumed altruism as the main element explaining the increase in fertility rates, this paper …

This paper examines a novel mechanism linking fertility and growth. There are three components to the model. First … transition: a rapid decline in fertility accompanied by accelerated output growth. … to men's. Second, increasing women's relative wages reduces fertility by raising the cost of children more than household …

fertility rates and reducing output growth in the transitional dynamics. If human or physical stocks are sufficiently low, the … family environment. This paper presents a theory of growth in which human capital is determined by inheritable factors and … model shows that an economy can be caught in a fertility-caused poverty trap, while countries with more resources will …

biased away from the socially preferred result. The bias results in higher fertility rates and lower economic growth rates …This paper considers the implications of the financing of government services to children when fertility decisions are …

This paper develops a unified model of growth, population, and technological progress that is consistent with long …-term historical evidence. The economy endogenously evolves through three phases. In the Malthusian regime, population growth is … population, so that output per capita is stable around a constant level. In the post-Malthusian regime, the growth rates of …

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 unified theory encompasses the observed evolution of population …, technology and income per capita in the long transition from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to sustained economic growth. The …

This Paper develops a theory of fertility and child educational choice that offers an explanation for the persistence … human capital. As a result, the poor choose high fertility rates with low education investment and therefore, their … offspring are poor as well. Furthermore, the high fertility rates in poor economies dilute physical capital accumulation and …