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This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
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developed world. Absent an immediate and dramatic change in immigration, dependency ratios will roughly double over the next …
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aggregate income change is mixed. We analyze economic growth and fertility change in the developing world over six decades …
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back into the evolution of average fertility across generations. Theory predicts that changes in the relationship between …
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The demographic transition --the move from a high fertility/high mortality regime into a low fertility/low mortality …
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examines the relationship between population change and economic development in particular regions of the world: East Asia … of the developing world …
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One of the economic benefits of immigration is that the diversity of the population is enhanced. Diversity, it is argued, enriches the environment in which individuals live and trade and may contribute to greater creativity. What does diversity mean? Do current immigration policies enhance...
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national income, using estimated mortality rates of early European settlers to instrument capital expropriation risk. However … 36 of the 64 countries in their sample are assigned mortality rates from other countries, typically based on mistaken or … conflicting evidence. Also, incomparable mortality rates from populations of laborers, bishops, and soldiers - often on campaign …
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This paper presents and critically discusses a vast array of evidence on the determinants of mortality reductions in … in income and nutrition. We then characterize the age and cause of death profile of changes in mortality and ask what can …
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