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A Quantative Analysis of Swedish Fertility Dynamics: 1751-1990

Eckstein, Zvi; Mira, Pedro Solbes; Wolpin, Kenneth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper analyses the relationship between age-specific fertility, mortality and real wages in Sweden during the … demographic transition. We take an overlapping generation’s model of life cycle fertility and fit it to actual Swedish time …-series data over the past two and a half centuries. The model fits the data well, accurately portraying the total fertility …

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Does Parental Education Affect Fertility? Evidence from Pre-Demographic Transition Prussia

Becker, Sascha O.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Woessmann, Ludger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

factors underlying historical fertility limitation, the role of parental education has received little attention. We combine … their fertility before the demographic transition. Despite controlling for several demand and supply factors, we find a … negative residual effect of women’s education on fertility. Instrumental-variable estimates, using exogenous variation in women …

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The Demographic Transition: Causes and Consequences

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …

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Human Capital and Fertility in Chinese Clans Before Modern Growth

Shiue, Carol Hua - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper studies the pre-industrial origins of modern-day fertility decline. The setting is in Anhwei Province, China …

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Population, Technology and Growth: From the Malthusian Regime to the Demographic Transition

Galor, Oded; Weil, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper develops a unified model of growth, population, and technological progress that is consistent with long-term historical evidence. The economy endogenously evolves through three phases. In the Malthusian regime, population growth is positively related to the level of income per capita....

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From Malthusian Stagnation to Modern Growth

Galor, Oded; Weil, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

This paper examines the historical evolution of the relationship between population growth, technological change, and the standard of living. It considers several unified models that encompass the transition between three distinct regimes that have characterized the process of economic...

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Population, Pensions and Endogenous Economic Growth

Heer, Burkhard; Irmen, Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We study the effect of a declining labor force on the incentives to engage in labor-saving technical change and ask how this effect is influenced by institutional characteristics of the pension scheme. When labor is scarcer it becomes more expensive and innovation investments that increase labor...

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Trade and the Great Divergence: The Family Connection

Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This research argues that the rapid expansion of international trade in the second phase of the industrial revolution has played a major role in the timing of demographic transitions across countries and has thereby been a significant determinant of the distribution of world population and a...

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Why are a Third of People Indian and Chinese? Trade, Industrialization and Demographic Transition

Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This research argues that international trade has played a significant role in the timing of demographic transitions across countries and has thereby been a major determinant of the distribution of world population and a prime cause of sustained differences in population growth and income levels...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136437

Life Expectancy and Economic Growth: The Role of the Demographic Transition

Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

individuals' education and fertility decisions depend on their life expectancy. The theory predicts that before the demographic …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005061474

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