Testing Unified Growth Theory: Technological Progress and the Child Quantity–Quality Trade-off

Chapter 4 Technological Progress and Economic Growth

Technological architecture evolutions of information systems: Trade-off and optimization

In the normal lifespan of large enterprises, the strategic management of IT often evolves. Existing services must be replaced with new services without impairing operations. The problem of scheduling such replacement is of critical importance for the success of the operation. We analyze this problem from a quantitative point of view, underlining the trade-off nature of its solutions. We formali...

Samuelson and the Factor Bias of Technological Change: Toward a Unified Theory of Growth and Unemployment

It is a great pleasure for me to be able to write this chapter in honor of Paul’s ninetieth birthday. On such occasions, one’s students traditionally write an essay inspired by one’s work. Paul’s long and prolific career— which continues almost unabated—makes this both an easy and a difficult task: easy, because on almost any subject one reflects upon, Paul has made seminal contributions; all o...

Toward a unified view of the speed-accuracy trade-off

(2015) Toward a unified view of the speed-accuracy trade-off. Hasty decisions often lead to poor choices, whereas accurate decisions are ineffective if they take too long. Thus, good choices require cognitive mechanisms to determine the appropriate balance between speed and accuracy, and to control decision processing accordingly. This balance is referred to as the speed-accuracy trade-off (SAT...

The life-history trade-off between fertility and child survival

Evolutionary models of human reproduction argue that variation in fertility can be understood as the local optimization of a life-history trade-off between offspring quantity and 'quality'. Child survival is a fundamental dimension of quality in these models as early-life mortality represents a crucial selective bottleneck in human evolution. This perspective is well-rehearsed, but current lite...