Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/331674 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 18110
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We present a model of economic growth that bridges Green Growth and Degrowth perspectives. The model demonstrates that a minimum physical per capita consumption level can be maintained without recourse to tech-optimism, and moreover with degrowth in material resource throughput - respecting planetary boundaries. We critically discuss the assumptions necessary for this result, explore relaxing these, and illustrate that eventually a full transition to renewable energy and materials will be needed to sustain consumption levels in a post-growth economy. We identify areas for future growth modelling, emphasising that these require genuine interdisciplinary cooperation.
Subjects: 
economic growth
degrowth
post-growth
green growth
sustainability
JEL: 
O44
Q32
Q56
Q55
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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