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Land Reforms, Status and Population Growth
Lehmijoki, Ulla - 2014
In this document, we consider the effects of a land reform on economic and demographic growth by a family-optimization model with sharecropping, endogenous fertility and status seeking. We show that tenant farming is the major obstacle to escaping the Malthusian trap with high fertility and low...
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Income and Population Growth
Brückner, Markus - 2013
Do populations grow as countries become richer? In this paper we estimate the effects on population growth of shocks to national income that are plausibly exogenous and unlikely to be driven by technological change. For a panel of over 139 countries spanning the period 1960-2007 we interact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080869
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Looking Back on the Lessons of 'Higher Education and Developing Countries : Peril and Promise': Perspectives on China and India
Bloom, David E. - 2016
focuses particularly on how two key countries, China and India, have developed in light of the key recommendations in Peril …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980308
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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development : In and Out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2011
This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but also for the role of history and institutional development. After reporting results from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122110
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The Long-Term Determinants of Female HIV Infection in Africa : The Slave Trade, Polygyny, and Sexual Behavior
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015
We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women, with a focus on family structure and sexual behavior as shaped by the demographic shock following the transatlantic slave trade. First we show that, in clusters where polygyny...
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Where Have All the Young Girls Gone? Identification of Sex Selection in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010
at birth in India. It conducts a triple difference analysis across cohort, birth order and sex of previous births …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134823
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Population Aging in India : Facts, Issues, and Options
Agarwal, Arunika - 2016
India, one of the world's two population superpowers, is undergoing unprecedented demographic changes. Increasing … context, scope, and magnitude of India's demographic changes.It then details the major challenges these shifts pose in the … presents an overview of India's recent and ongoing initiatives to adapt to population aging and provide support to older adults …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983911
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Public Expenditure, Demography and Growth : Theory and Evidence from India
Das, Pranab Kumar - 2016
countries in the south have younger population. India for example, has 60% of its population in the age group of 15-59, with the … physical infrastructure are conducive to rapid economic growth commensurate with the projected demographic dividends for India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999017
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Childhood Vaccinations and Demographic Transition : Long-Term Evidence from India
Nandi, Arindam; Summan, Amit; Ngô, D.; Bloom, David E. - 2022
remain untested. In this study, we examine the demographic effects of India’s national childhood vaccination program (the … preference data of 625,000 adult women from the National Family Health Survey of India 2015–2016. We include women who were born …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014078010
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The Future of Work : Challenges for Job Creation Due to Global Demographic Change and Automation
Abeliansky, Ana - 2020
We explore future job creation needs under conditions of demographic, economic, and technological change. First, we estimate the implications for job creation in 2020–2030 of population growth, changes in labor force participation, and the achievement of plausible target unemployment rates,...
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