for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …

and mortality, paying particular attention to possible differences by sex and region. Higher parity is associated with … biosocial pathways playing an important role in shaping the fertility-health-nexus. Specifically, the Western German "male … breadwinner" model of specialisation appears to have buffered the stresses associated with childrearing, whereas fertility off the …

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 …

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …

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 …

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 …