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The Biocultural Origins of Human Capital Formation
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
finding further indicates that the optimal level of fecundity was below the population median, lending credence to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083757
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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality
Modin, Bitte; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
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Life Expectancy and Economic Growth: The Role of the Demographic Transition
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
transition improvements in life expectancy primarily increase population. Improvements in life expectancy do, however, reduce … population growth and foster human capital accumulation after the onset of the demographic transition. This implies that the … effect of life expectancy on population, human capital and income per capita is not the same before and after the demographic …
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Death and Development
Lorentzen, Peter L.; McMillan, John; Wacziarg, Romain - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
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...
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From Farmers to Merchants: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish Economic History
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
of the Jewish population are consistent with historical evidence from the first millennium provided by historians. Hence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114213
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Parenting with Style: Altruism and Paternalism in Intergenerational Preference Transmission
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We develop a theory of intergenerational transmission of preferences that rationalizes the choice between alternative parenting styles (as set out in Baumrind 1967). Parents maximize an objective function that combines Beckerian altruism and paternalism towards children. They can affect their...
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The Economic and Demographic Transition, Mortality, and Comparative Development
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We propose a unified growth theory to investigate the mechanics generating the economic and demographic transition, and the role of mortality differences for comparative development. The framework can replicate the quantitative patterns in historical time series data and in contemporaneous...
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Jewish Occupational Selection: Education, Restrictions or Minorities?
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper documents the major features of Jewish economic history in the first millennium to explain the distinctive …
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Human Capital, Mortality and Fertility: A Unified Theory of the Economic and Demographic Transition
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
. Unlike previous models, the framework emphasizes the education composition of the population in terms of the equilibrium …
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Fertility Decline and the Heights of Children in Britain, 1886-1938
Hatton, Timothy J.; Martin, Richard M. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
In this paper we argue that the fertility decline that began around 1880 had substantial positive effects on the health of children, as the quality-quantity trade-off would suggest. We use microdata from a unique survey from 1930s Britain to analyze the relationship between the standardized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490572