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The long-run effects of mortality decline in developing countries
Lehmijoki, Ulla; Palokangas, Tapio K. - 2011
Since World War II, mortality has declined in the developing world. This paper examines the effects of this mortality … utility through its status. The decline in mortality stimulates investment and generates an income stream which promotes …-seeking is strong, then the decline of mortality decreases population growth below its original level. -- mortality ; population …
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The Long-Run Effects of Mortality Decline in Developing Countries
Lehmijoki, Ulla - 2011
Since World War II, mortality has declined in the developing world. This paper examines the effects of this mortality … utility through its status. The decline in mortality stimulates investment and generates an income stream which promotes …-seeking is strong, then the decline of mortality decreases population growth below its original level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131422
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Desired fertility and children born across time and space
Günther, Isabel; Harttgen, Kenneth - 2013
With about five children born per woman and a population growth rate of 2.5 per cent per year, sub-Saharan Africa has been the world's fastest growing region over the last decade. Economists have often argued that high fertility rates are mainly driven by women's demand for children (and not by...
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Demographic and economic consequences of the post-war mortality decline in developing countries
Lehmijoki, Ulla; Palokangas, Tapio K. - 2010
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An empirical study of the effects of demographic factors on economic growth in advanced and developing countries
Kozlovskyi, Serhii; Pasichnyi, Mykola; Lavrov, Ruslan; … - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 4, pp. 45-67
In this article, an updated approach to investigate the effects of demographic fac- tors on economic growth is proposed. The initial hypothesis was that these factors significantly affected production proportions, determining development vectors. The predictable shifts in production dynamics are...
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Population Growth, Income Distribution, and Economic Development : Theory, Methodology, and Empirical Results
Heerink, Nico - 1994
leads to lower fertility and mortality, to improvedbasic needs satisfaction, and to lower labour force participation of …
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Gender equity and the escape from poverty
Prettner, Klaus; Strulik, Holger - 2014
We set up a unified growth model with gender-specific differences in tastes for consumption, fertility, education of daughters and sons, and consider the intra-household bargaining power of spouses. In line with the empirical regularity for less developed countries, we assume that mothers desire...
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[Rezension von: Population matters, demographic change, economic growth, and poverty in the developing world, [on 2 - 6 November 1998 the Symposium on Population Change and Economi...
Tuljapurkar, Shripad - In: Journal of economic literature 42 (2004) 2, pp. 545-547
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Gender inequality as a barrier to economic growth : a review of the theoretical literature
Klasen, Stephan; Santos Silva, Manuel - 2018 - This version: August 19, 2018
In this article, we survey the theoretical literature investigating the role of gender inequality in economic development. The vast majority of theories reviewed suggest that gender inequality is a barrier to development, particularly over the long run. Among the many plausible mechanisms...
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The long run relationship between population growth and economic growth : a panel data analysis of 30 of the most populated countries of the world
Pegou Sibe, Jacob; Chiatchoua, Cesaire; Megne, Marie Noel - In: Análisis económico 31 (2016) 77, pp. 205-218
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