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

not been very successful at reproducing the changes in fertility choice in response to decreased mortality and increased …The Barro-Becker model is a simple intuitive model of fertility choice. In its original formulation, however, it has … intertemporal elasticity of substitution (IES) typically assumed in the fertility literature. We show that, not only is this …

mortality rates. We develop a dynamic model of endogenous fertility, longevity, and human capital formation within a Malthusian … accounts for economic stagnation with high fertility and mortality and constant population and income, as predicted by Malthus …, but also for takeoffs to a growth regime and a demographic transition toward low fertility and mortality rates, and a …

mortality, fertility, and the economy in the short and medium run. The role of nonpharmaceutical interventions in shaping those …

Understanding how mortality and fertility are linked is essential to the study of population dynamics. We investigate … the fertility response to an unanticipated mortality shock that resulted from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed … population-representative multilevel longitudinal data, we identify a behavioral fertility response to mortality exposure, both …

This paper examines the impact of New Deal relief programs on infant mortality, noninfant mortality and general … fertility rates in major U.S. cities between 1929 and 1940. We estimate the effects using a variety of specifications and … relief spending during the New Deal contributed to reductions in infant mortality, suicide rates, and some other causes of …

This paper illustrates the application of indirect techniques of fertility and mortality estimation to historical … levels, differentials, and even recent trends in childhood mortality. Application of own-children methods to samples of the … censuses since 1850 permits estimation of age-specific overall and marital fertility rates. Finally, the use of the 1900 Public …