of death. In an environment in which mortality is high, an individual who saved up for retirement would face a high risk …

development across most of human history induced growth theorists to advance an alternative theory that captures in a single … between these distinct regimes. Unified growth theory reveals the underlying micro foundations that are consistent with the … growth process over the entire history of the human species, enhancing the confidence in the viability of the theory, its …

theorists to advance an alternative theory that captures in a single unified framework the epoch of Malthusian stagnation, the … modern era of sustained economic growth, and the recent transition between these distinct regimes. Unified growth theory … species, enhancing the confidence in the viability of the theory, its predictions and its policy implications for the growth …

fertility rates and population growth in various regions of the world, enabling economies to convert a larger share of the …

-income countries. From the perspective of growth theory, the productive-consumption hypothesis is of fundamental interest because it …

participation for women in Japan, motivated by the recent decrease in the number of marriages and the total fertility rate. Using … the 1993-95 Japanese Panel Surveys of Consumption, the structural estimation result of a dynamic decision model suggests … advantages gained from the husband's earnings. The estimation using a recent sample suggests that the sum of the estimated values …

This paper analyzes qualitatively and quantitatively the e ects of declining mortality rates on fertility, education …