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Childhood Vaccinations and Demographic Transition : Long-Term Evidence from India

Nandi, Arindam; Summan, Amit; Ngô, D.; Bloom, David E. - 2022

Childhood vaccines can increase population growth in the short term by improving the survival rates of young children …. Over the long run, reductions in child mortality rates are associated with lower demand for children and fertility rates … district fixed effects, treatment group women are 2% less likely to have at least one child and want 2% fewer children in their …

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Childhood Vaccinations and Demographic Transition : Long-term Evidence From India

Nandi, Arindam; Summan, Amit; Ngo, Thoai D.; Bloom, David E. - 2022

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A Demographic Dividend for Sub-Saharan Africa: Source, Magnitude, and Realization

Bloom, David E.; Humair, Salal; Rosenberg, Larry; … - 2013

Managing rapid population growth and spurring economic growth are among the most pressing policy challenges for Sub-Saharan Africa. We discuss the links between them and investigate the potential of family planning programs to address these challenges. Specifically, we estimate the impact of...

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Africa's Prospects for Enjoying a Demographic Dividend

Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2016

We assess Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend. While fertility rates and dependency ratios in Africa remain high, they have started to decline. According to UN projections, they will fall further in the coming decades such that by the mid-21st century the ratio of the...

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Fertility in High-Income Countries: Trends, Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences

Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2023

High-income countries have generally experienced falling fertility in recent decades. In most of these countries, the total fertility rate is now below the level that implies a stable population in the long run. This has led to concerns among economists, policymakers, and the wider public about...

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