relationship between child mortality and net reproduction observed in industrialized countries over the course of their demographic … transitions. The model captures the intricate interplay between technological progress, mortality, fertility and economic growth … demographic variables. -- Economic growth ; mortality ; fertility ; structural Change ; industrial revolution. …

We examine the long-run relationship between fertility, mortality, and income using panel cointegration techniques and … the available data for the last century. Our main result is that mortality changes and growth of income per capita account … for a major part of the fertility change characterizing the demographic transition. The change of mortality alone, however …