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Population, Technology, and Growth : from the Malthusian Regime to the Demographic Transition and Beyond
Galor, Oded; Weil, David N. - 2021
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 Gift of the Dying : The Tragedy of Aids and the Welfare of Future African Generations
Young, Alwyn - 2022
orphaned children. On the other hand, widespread community infection lowers fertility, both directly, through a reduction in … attainment, the fertility effect dominates. The AIDS epidemic, on net, enhances the future per capita consumption possibilities …
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The Effects of Mortality on Fertility : Population Dynamics after a Natural Disaster
Nobles, Jenna - 2014
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 …
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The Impact of Education on Fertility and Child Mortality : Do Fathers Really Matter Less than Mothers?
Breierova, Lucia; Duflo, Esther - 2021
This paper takes advantage of a massive school construction program that took place in Indonesia between 1973 and 1978 … to estimate the effect of education on fertility and child mortality. Time and region varying exposure to the school … between husband and wife. We show that female education is a stronger determinant of age at marriage and early fertility than …
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A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Growth
Mankiw, N. Gregory - 2010
This paper examines whether the Solow growth model is consistent with the international variation in the standard of living. It shows that an augmented Solow model that includes accumulation of human as well as physical capital provides an excellent description of the cross-country data. The...
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Economic Preparation for Retirement
Hurd, Michael D. - 2011
We define and estimate measures of economic preparation for retirement based on a complete inventory of economic resources while taking into account the risk of living to advanced old age and the risk of high out-of-pocket spending for health care services. We ask whether, in a sample of 66-69...
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How Public Pension Affects Elderly Labor Supply and Well-Being : Evidence from India
Kaushal, Neeraj - 2013
We study the effect of a recent expansion in India's National Old Age Pension Scheme on elderly well-being. Estimates suggest that public pension has a modestly negative effect on the employment of elderly/near elderly men with a primary or lower education but no effect of the employment of...
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Subjective Well-Being and Income : Is There Any Evidence of Satiation?
Stevenson, Betsey - 2013
Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...
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Status, Marriage, and Managers' Attitudes to Risk
Roussanov, Nikolai L. - 2014
Status concerns can drive risk-taking behavior by affecting the payoff to a marginal dollar of wealth. If status concerns arise endogenously due to competition in the marriage market, then unmarried individuals should take greater risks. We test this hypothesis by studying corporate CEOs. We...
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Childhood Mortality & Nutritional Status as Indicators of Standard of Living : Evidence from World War I Recruits in the United States
Haines, Michael R. - 2014
This paper examines variations in stature and the Body Mass Index (BMI) across space for the United States in 1917/18, using published data on the measurement of approximately 890,000 recruits for the American Army for World War I. It also connects those anthropometric measurements with an index...
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