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Life Expectancy and Economic Growth : The Role of the Demographic Transition
Cervellati, Matteo - 2009
the role of the econometric specification. We present a simple theory of the economic and demographic transition where … individuals' education and fertility decisions depend on their life expectancy. The theory predicts that before the demographic …
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Democratization, Violent Social Conflicts, and Growth
Cervellati, Matteo - 2011
This paper investigates the empirical role of violent conflicts for the causal effect of democracy on economic growth. Exploiting within-country variation to identify the effect of democratization during the 'Third Wave', we find evidence that the effect of democratization is weaker than...
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