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The biocultural origins of human capital formation

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The demographic transition : causes and consequences

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The Impact of Induced Abortion on Birth Outcomes in the U.S

Joyce, Theodore J. - 1985

This paper examines the impact of induced abortion on birth outcomes by treating abortion as an endogenous input into the production of infant health. To gauge the direct and indirect effect of abortion, three measures of infant health are considered simultaneously: the neonatal sortality rate,...

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Birth Outcome Production Functions in the U.S

Corman, Hope - 1985

This paper contains the first infant health production functions that simultaneously consider the effects of a variety of inputs on race-specific neonatal mortality rates. These inputs include the use of prenatal care, neonatal intensive care, abortion, Federally subsidized organized family...

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Population growth and carbon emissions

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Population, Technology, and Growth : From the Malthusian Regime to the Demographic Transition and Beyond

Galor, Oded - 1998

This paper develops a unified model of growth, population, and technological progress that is consistent with long-term historical evidence. The economy endogenously evolves through three phases. In the Malthusian regime, population growth is positively related to the level of income per capita....

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The Gender Gap, Fertility, and Growth

Galor, Oded - 1993

This paper examines a novel mechanism linking fertility and growth. Household fertility is determined by relative wages … of women and men. Increasing women's wages reduces fertility by raising the cost of children relatively more than … household income. Lower fertility raises the level of capital per worker which in turn, since capital is more complementary to …

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The Impact of a Ban on Legalized Abortion on Adolescent Childbearing in New York City

Joyce, Theodore J. - 1989

This paper attempts to forecast the change in adolescent childbearing among New York City residents following a ban on legalized abortion. With monthly data on the number of births to white and black adolescents from January, 1963 to December, 1987 we used an interrupted time-series analysis to...

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A Time-Series Analysis of Unemployment and Health : The Case of Birth Outcomes in New York City

Joyce, Theodore J. - 1989

Lifetime income is less variable than annual household income, since the latter reflects transitory shocks to wages, family status, and employment. The paper presents an aggregate time-series analysis of unemployment and infant health that improves on previous work in several ways. First, the...

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