Natural selection and the origin of economic growth

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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, technology and income per capita in the long transition from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to sustained economic growth. The theory suggests that prolonged economic stagnation prior to the transition to sustained growth stimulated natural selection that shaped the evolution of the human species, whereas the evolution of the human species was the origin of the take-o¤ from an epoch of stagnation to sustained growth. – Growth ; Technological Progress ; Fertility ; Human Capital ; Evolution ; Natural Selection ; Malthusian Stagnation

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• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2000-18

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General ; Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
• Subject: Wirtschaftswachstum ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Bevölkerungstheorie ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Galor, Oded ; Moav, Omer
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Brown University, Department of Economics
• (where): Providence, RI
• (when): 2000

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/80194