increasing education and declining labor supply (of cohorts born 1850-1950) as an optimal response to increasing active life … expectancy. We integrate the theory into a unified growth model and reestablish increasing life expectancy as an engine of long …

calibrate the model to US data and show that the historical evolution of increasing education and declining labor supply can be … explained as an optimal response to increasing active life expectancy. We integrate the theory into a unified growth model and …

this paper we propose a novel theory, based on health and aging, that explains these long-run trends. Workers optimally … respond to a longer stay in a healthy state of high productivity by obtaining more education and supplying less labor. Better … health increases productivity and amplifies the return on education. The health accelerator allows workers to finance …

liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also … document : la libéralisation du secteur financier ; renforcer la concurrence sur les marchés des biens et services ; l’éducation …

This paper revisits the relationship between health and growth in light of modern endogenous growth theory. We propose …

This paper examines the impact of education on economic growth in Greece over the period 1981 – 2009 by applying the …

This study presents a novel theory on the interaction of social norms, fertility, education, and their joint impact on … long-run economic development. The theory takes into account that sexual intercourse is utility enhancing and that the use … of modern contraceptives potentially conflicts with prevailing social norms (religious beliefs). The theory motivates the …