Weisdorf, Jacob L. - In: Journal of Population Economics 17 (2004) 3, pp. 455-472
This paper explores the role of mortality in the long transition from Malthusian stagnation to sustained economic growth. An endogenous child mortality rate that varies inversely with parents’ standard of living is added to the framework in Galor and Weil (AER 2000). In our version of the...
