Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for … with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their desired total fertility are more likely to make use of the … food-borne disease, our model also makes predictions regarding health outcomes. We find that child-mortality patterns …

an important predictor of adult life expectancy. Fertility, childhood development, longevity, education and income growth … different regimes. In a Malthusian regime with no education fertility increases with adult life expectancy. In the modern growth … regime, life expectancy and fertility move in opposite directions. The dynamics display the key features of the demographic …

Analyzing a variety of cross-national and sub-national data, we argue that high adult mortality reduces economic growth … by shortening time horizons. Higher adult mortality is associated with increased levels of risky behaviour, higher … fertility, and lower investment in physical and human capital. Furthermore, the feedback effect from economic prosperity to …

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

improvements in water quality. It was also accompanied by a decline in water-related child mortality, although this latter eect …

the role of mortality differences for comparative development. The framework can replicate the quantitative patterns in … endogenous variables across countries. The results suggest that differences in extrinsic mortality might explain a substantial …

formation, little longevity, high child mortality, large fertility and a sluggish income and productivity growth to a modern … about fertility, education of their children and the type and intensity of the investments in their own education. These … decisions are affected by different dimensions of mortality and technological progress which change endogenously during the …

survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …

and space to identify the impact of competition. Using data on mortality as a measure of hospital quality and exploiting …

We examine the relationship between education and mortality in a young population of Italian males. In 1981 several … schooling or lower mortality rates, thus excluding that the main findings reflect direct effects of military service on … subsequent mortality rather than a causal effect of schooling. We conclude that increasing the proportion of high school …