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Primate Evidence on the Late Health Effects of Early Life Adversity

Conti, Gabriella; Hansman, Christopher; Heckman, James J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

This paper exploits a unique ongoing experiment to analyze the effects of early rearing conditions on physical and mental health in a sample of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). We analyze the health records of 231 monkeys which were randomly allocated at birth across three rearing conditions:...

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

Galor, Oded; Weil, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 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; Weil, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 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 Economics of Child Well-Being

Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

This paper presents an integrated economic approach that organizes and interprets the evidence on child development. It also discusses the indicators of child well-being that are used in international comparisons. Recent evidence on child development is summarized, and policies to promote child...

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Evolution and the Growth Process: Natural Selection of Entrepreneurial Traits

Galor, Oded; Michalopoulos, Stelios - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

This research suggests that a Darwinian evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of economic development and the dynamics of inequality within and across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit evolved non-monotonically in the course of human...

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Early Health Shocks, Intrahousehold Resource Allocation, and Child Outcomes

Zhang, Junsen; Conti, Gabriella; Yi, Junjian; Heckman, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

An open question in the literature is whether families compensate or reinforce the impact of child health shocks. Discussions usually focus on one dimension of child investment. This paper examines multiple dimensions using household survey data on Chinese child twins whose average age is 11. We...

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