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the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …
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changes and assesses the possible consequences of the changing fertility and mortality patterns. Much remains unknown about … demographic transformation in the past twenty years. On many dimensions of fertility and family formation, much of the region now … looks like Western Europe-below-replacement fertility rates, rising age at first marriage and first birth, and high and …
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for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …
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detailed analysis of mortality data an additional type of risk can be identified: differences in mortality improvements by … further investigate mortality improvements but rather relied on graphical representations without particular focus on … established. A simple criterion for identifying select cohorts is proposed and used here to what country mortality data reveals …
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transitions. The model captures the intricate interplay between technological progress, mortality, fertility and economic growth … demographic observation that fertility rates response with a delay to lower child mortality. It also identi es a number of turning …This study provides a uni ed growth theory to correctly predict the initially negative and subsequently positive …
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We examine the long-run relationship between fertility, mortality, and income using panel cointegration techniques and … for a major part of the fertility change characterizing the demographic transition. The change of mortality alone, however …, different measures of mortality, and the sample period. In addition, our causality tests suggest that fertility is both …
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the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …
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achieved through the incorporation of altruism and fertility in a “value of life” type of framework. We are able to express … adults’ willingness to pay for changes in child mortality and also to incorporate the welfare of future generations in the … intergenerational welfare comparisons. We show that, by incorporating altruism and fertility into the analysis, the estimated welfare …
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theory. …
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Since World War II, mortality has declined in the developing world. This paper examines the effects of this mortality … decline on demographic and economic growth by a family-optimization model, in which fertility is endogenous and wealth yields … utility through its status. The decline in mortality stimulates investment and generates an income stream which promotes …
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