can be explained in terms of reduction in child mortality due to the immunization program. Kumar (2009) finds that UIP has … a significant and negative eect on infant and under-five mortality. …What are the effects of childhood immunization program (UIP) on women's fertility and birth spacing? I examine the …

. When child mortality falls from lower prevalence, as in western Europe, labor productivity improves, fertility falls and …We provide a new explanation for sub-Saharan Africa’s slow demographic and economic change. In a model where children … die from infectious disease, childhood health affects human capital and noninfectious-disease related adult mortality …

We propose a causal analysis of the mother’s educational level on the health status of the newborn, in terms of …. The analysis confirms that standard regression overestimates the impact of education on the child health. With respect to … the current economic literature, our findings indicate that only high education has positive consequences on child health …

endogenous fertility. It is shown that development traps due to under investments in health can never appear when fertility is an …

We examine the effects of child policies on both the transitional dynamics and long-run demo-economic outcomes in the … conventional overlapping generations model of neoclassical growth extended with endogenous longevity and endogenous fertility. The … traps are possible. However, poverty or prosperity may not depend on initial conditions, while being the result of a child …

This is an effort at explaining the reasons and rationale behind the rising mortality rate (CDR) in the South Indian …

work on mood indicators and mortality. For those forced into retirement (20% of the sample), work is not an alternative …