Since World War II, mortality has declined in the developing world. This paper examines the effects of this mortality … decline on demographic and economic growth by a family-optimization model, in which fertility is endogenous and wealth yields … utility through its status. The decline in mortality stimulates investment and generates an income stream which promotes …

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …

Since World War II, mortality has declined in the developing world. This paper examines the effects of this mortality … decline on demographic and economic growth by a family-optimization model, in which fertility is endogenous and wealth yields … utility through its status. The decline in mortality stimulates investment and generates an income stream which promotes …

survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …

macroeconomic conditions and fatalities. The main finding is that total mortality and deaths from several common causes increase … a 0.4 percent rise in total mortality and 0.4, 1.1, 1.8, 2.1 and 0.8 percent increases in deaths from cardiovascular …

A number of studies suggest that mortality rates among East German men increased in the wake of reunification, in … mortality and cause of death statistics based on detailed regional data. The results indicate that there was indeed an increase … in mortality rates which cannot be dismissed as a statistical artefact. Next, the paper discusses various theories …

that the general adult male mortality crisis in the region had a ?feedback? effect on suicide rates, with the loss of a …

with mortality. This paper studies the effects of income on health and mortality, using only the part of income variation …