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The Demographic Transition : Causes and Consequences
Galor, Oded - 2011
This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
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The Role of Immigration in Dealing with the Developed World's Demographic Transition
Fehr, Hans - 2004
developed world. Absent an immediate and dramatic change in immigration, dependency ratios will roughly double over the next …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468181
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Growth and Childbearing in the Short- and Long-Run
Chatterjee, Shoumitro - 2016
aggregate income change is mixed. We analyze economic growth and fertility change in the developing world over six decades …
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Aggregating the Fertility Transition : Intergenerational Dynamics in Quality and Quantity
Vogl, Tom - 2017
back into the evolution of average fertility across generations. Theory predicts that changes in the relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455600
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Demographic Transitions Across Time and Space
Delventhal, Matthew J.; Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
The demographic transition --the move from a high fertility/high mortality regime into a low fertility/low mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012696389
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Economic Growth and the Demographic Transition
Bloom, David E. - 2001
examines the relationship between population change and economic development in particular regions of the world: East Asia … of the developing world …
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The Role of Fertility and Population in Economic Growth : Empirical ResultsFrom Aggregate Cross-National Data
Brander, James A. - 1993
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Diversity and Immigration
Lazear, Edward P. - 1998
One of the economic benefits of immigration is that the diversity of the population is enhanced. Diversity, it is argued, enriches the environment in which individuals live and trade and may contribute to greater creativity. What does diversity mean? Do current immigration policies enhance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472272
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The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development : An Empirical Investigation
Acemoglu, Daron - 2000
We exploit differences in the mortality rates faced by European colonialists to estimate the effect of institutions on … could settle in the colony. In places where Europeans faced high mortality rates, they could not settle and they were more … supporting these hypotheses. Exploiting differences in mortality rates faced by soldiers, bishops and sailors in the colonies in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470979
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Economic Growth, Population Theory, and Physiology : The Bearing of Long-Term Processes on the Making of Economic Policy
Fogel, Robert W. - 1994
This paper sketches a theory of the secular decline in morbidity and mortality that takes account of changes in human … physiological aspects of economic growth are defined and their impact on growth rates is assessed. Implications of this theory for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474298