The transition from stagnation to growth and the associated phenomenon of the great
divergence have been the subject of an intensive research in the growth literature in recent …

Demographers' interest in the environment has generally been enmeshed in broader issues
of population growth and economic development. Empirical research by demographers on …

This research explores the origins of observed differences in time preference across
countries and regions. Exploiting a natural experiment associated with the expansion of …

For most of the vast span of human history, economic growth was all but nonexistent. Then,
about two centuries ago, some nations began to emerge from this epoch of economic …

This paper develops a unified growth model that captures the historical evolution of
population, technology, and output. It encompasses the endogenous transition between …

The global demographic transition began around 1800 in Europe with declining mortality
followed by declining fertility, trends which spread around the world and continue in this …

BACKGROUND This study further develops Goldstein et al.'s (2013) analysis of the fertility
response to the Great Recession in western economies. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this …

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 …

Understanding how mortality and fertility are linked is essential to the study of population
dynamics. We investigate the fertility response to an unanticipated mortality shock that …

Abstract Background In Western countries mortality dropped throughout the 20th century, but
over and above the long-term falling trend, the death rate has oscillated over time. It has …