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Unified growth theory /

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 stagnation, experiencing sustained economic growth that led to significant increases in standards of living and profoundly alte...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Galor, Oded, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
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505 0 |a CONTENTS; Preface; Preface; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 1; Introduction; Introduction; 1.1 Toward a Unified Theory of Economic Growth; 1.1 Toward a Unified Theory of Economic Growth; 1.2 Origins of Global Disparity in Living Standards; 1.2 Origins of Global Disparity in Living Standards; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 2; From Stagnation to Growth; From Stagnation to Growth; 2.1 The Malthusian Epoch; 2.1 The Malthusian Epoch; 2.2 The Post-Malthusian Regime; 2.2 The Post-Malthusian Regime; 2.3 Industrialization and Human Capital Formation; 2.3 Industrialization and Human Capital Formation. 
505 8 |a 2.4 The Demographic Transition2.4 The Demographic Transition; 2.5 The Modern Growth Regime; 2.5 The Modern Growth Regime; 2.6 Concluding Remarks; 2.6 Concluding Remarks; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 3; The Malthusian Theory; The Malthusian Theory; 3.1 The Basic Structure of the Model; 3.1 The Basic Structure of the Model; 3.2 The Evolution of the Economy; 3.2 The Evolution of the Economy; 3.3 Testable Predictions; 3.3 Testable Predictions; 3.4 Empirical Framework; 3.4 Empirical Framework; 3.5 Cross-Country Evidence; 3.5 Cross-Country Evidence; 3.6 Concluding Remarks; 3.6 Concluding Remarks. 
505 8 |a 3.7 Appendix3.7 Appendix; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 4; Theories of the Demographic Transition; Theories of the Demographic Transition; 4.1 The Rise in Income per Capita; 4.1 The Rise in Income per Capita; 4.2 The Decline in Infant and Child Mortality; 4.2 The Decline in Infant and Child Mortality; 4.3 The Rise in Demand for Human Capital; 4.3 The Rise in Demand for Human Capital; 4.4 The Rise in Demand for Human Capital: Reinforcing Mechanisms; 4.4 The Rise in Demand for Human Capital: Reinforcing Mechanisms; 4.5 The Decline in the Gender Gap; 4.5 The Decline in the Gender Gap. 
505 8 |a 4.6 The Old-Age Security Hypothesis4.6 The Old-Age Security Hypothesis; 4.7 Concluding Remarks; 4.7 Concluding Remarks; 4.8 Appendix; 4.8 Appendix; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 5; Unified Growth Theory; Unified Growth Theory; 5.1 The Fundamental Challenge; 5.1 The Fundamental Challenge; 5.2 Incompatibility of Non-Unified Growth Theories; 5.2 Incompatibility of Non-Unified Growth Theories; 5.3 Central Building Blocks; 5.3 Central Building Blocks; 5.4 The Basic Structure of the Model; 5.4 The Basic Structure of the Model; 5.5 Evolution of Technology, Population, and Effective Resources. 
505 8 |a 5.5 Evolution of Technology, Population, and Effective Resources5.6 The Dynamical System; 5.6 The Dynamical System; 5.7 From Malthusian Stagnation to Sustained Growth; 5.7 From Malthusian Stagnation to Sustained Growth; 5.8 Main Hypotheses; 5.8 Main Hypotheses; 5.9 Complementary Mechanisms; 5.9 Complementary Mechanisms; 5.10 Calibrations of Unified Growth Theory; 5.10 Calibrations of Unified Growth Theory; 5.11 Concluding Remarks; 5.11 Concluding Remarks; 5.12 Appendix: Optimal Investment in Child Quality; 5.12 Appendix: Optimal Investment in Child Quality; CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 6. 
520 |a 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 stagnation, experiencing sustained economic growth that led to significant increases in standards of living and profoundly altered the level and distribution of wealth, population, education, and health across the globe. The question ever since has been--why?This is the first book to put forward a unified theory of economic growth that accounts for the entire growth process, from the dawn of civilization to today. Oded Galo. 
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