This paper presents a model of fertility, which is specific for the industrialization that took place during the … research on demographic transition assumed altruism as the main element explaining the increase in fertility rates, this paper …

We document increased old-age mortality rates among Swedish twin mothers compared to non-twin mothers. Results are … based on administrative data on mortality for the years 1990 to 2010. We argue that twins are an unplanned shock to … fertility in the cohorts of older women considered. Deaths due to lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart …

distribution, growth and international specialization. The model is explored both for the steady-state properties and the … transitory dynamics of integrated economies. Income inequality affects the patterns of growth and international specialization as …

We develop a classical macroeconomic model to examine the growth and distributional consequences of education. Contrary … to the received wisdom, we show that human capital accumulation is not necessarily growth-inducing and inequality …-reducing. Expansive education policies may foster growth and reduce earning inequalities between workers, but only by transferring income …

A simple classical-Marxian model of growth and distribution is developed in which education transforms low …-skilled wages and profit income. We analyze the implications for class divisions, growth and distribution, of the transformation of … education can have a positive effect on growth but by altering the distribution of income rather than by fostering technological …

overhead managerial labour and direct labour into a neo-Kaleckian growth model with target-return pricing, where an … overhead labour costs in the coevolution of income distribution and economic growth. When overhead labour is taken into account … capacity and in the growth rate of sales expected by firms. We examine the parametric conditions under which the model achieves …

Starting from a review of the main strands of orthodox and heterodox distribution and growth models and their … variant of heterodox distribution and growth theories, we develop a simple modelling framework in which we can treat these … presented drawing on the relationship between the rate of profit and the rate of growth, as well as on the consideration of one …

A simple neo-Kaleckian open-economy model is presented and its implications for growth regimes are analyzed. The … incorporating the Harrodian principle of instability and autonomous growth in foreign demand. It is demonstrated that some aspects … average rates of production growth and capital accumulation. However, the long-run impact of a change in the profit share is …