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distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and …
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Abstract: The first challenge for economic growth theory is to understand the transition from stagnation to growth at the time of the Industrial Revolution and in particular to identify the main factor(s) that triggered the take-off. Doing so also helps to understand why there are poor and rich...
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This paper simulates the impact of a permanent fertility shock on economic growth, using endogenous versus exogenous … decline in fertility on growth when compared with an exogenous growth model. This result stems from the rise in education …
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a no-growth regime to a sustained growth regime and for a positive relationship between fertility and growth to vanish. …
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children. Moreover I have found that this effect diminishes as education increases. The transmission of fertility norms …In this article, I examine the large Black / White fertility gap in the US. I question the "compositional argument … therefore test whether the difference could stem from the fact that individuals inherit of race-specic fertility norms. I show …
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I enrich the findings according to which cultural proxies such as past total fertility rates in the country of origin … or number of siblings have a sizable effect on the fertility choice of second generation migrants. I use the TeO survey … that interviewed individuals established in France from different origins to investigate whether the effect of fertility …
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(“dually employed with kids”) are couples with children. We develop a theory of marriage and parenthood decisions, where we … distinguish the choice to have children from the choice of the number of children. The deep parameters of the model are identified … fertility is close to that of married mothers; (2) why childlessness exhibits a U-shaped relationship with education for both …
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at marriage, fertility rate, and mean age at birth, we rank countries according to the Missing Brides Index. …
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This paper shows that differences in fertility across European countries mainly emerge in the transition from the first …
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of development policies on fertility. We measure the importance of the components of childlessness with a structural … model of fertility and marriage. Deep parameters are identified using census data from 36 developing countries. On average … heavily affected by unwanted births, and to underestimating the effect of promoting gender equality on fertility, except in …
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