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Many studies have documented a negative association between macroeconomic indicators and fertility in times of economic crisis. These studies are based on research designs that do not allow for excluding that the observed association is driven by confounders. The aim of the present paper is to...
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Many studies have documented a negative association between macroeconomic indicators and fertility in times of economic crisis. These studies are based on research designs that do not allow for excluding that the observed association is driven by confounders. The aim of the present paper is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428605
This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284073
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 …
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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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and the transition to modern growth -- Demographic transition ; Gender Gap ; Human capital ; Fertility ; Mortality …
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and the transition to modern growth. -- demographic transition ; gender gap ; human capital ; fertility ; mortality …
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-demographic literature emphasizes differential fertility channel, this paper investigates differential child mortality - differences in child … mortality across income groups - as a critical link through which income inequality persists. Using an overlapping generations … model in which both child mortality and fertility are endogenously determined by parental choice, this paper demonstrates …
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A central policy issue in the battle against HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is whether and when high-prevalence countries might become fully autonomous in designing and implementing their own intervention policies aimed to control the disease. The aim of this research is twofold. First, it...
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This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009415510