are interrelated. This paper develops a theory for their interaction with a special emphasis on the different pattern and … geographic locations of high extrinsic mortality. This mechanism is then used to explain why both demographic transition and …

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 …

expectancy. We integrate the theory into a unified growth model and reestablish increasing life expectancy as an engine of long …

This study provides a unified growth theory to correctly predict the initially negative and subsequently positive … 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 …

fertility. The theory admits a unique Malthusian equilibrium in a two-dimensional state space characterized by population …

This paper provides a uni?ed growth theory, i.e. a model that explains the very long-run economic and demographic …