growth for the transitional dynamics. We find that i) higher survival induces economic growth through higher savings and … higherlabor force participation; ii) longevity-induced reductions in fertility hampereconomic development; iii) the positive life … expectancy effects of larger savingsand higher labor force participation outweigh the negative effect of a reductionin fertility …

This article analyzes the effect of public policy intervention in the production of health capital on fertility …, private investment in children's health and education and human capital accumulation. I have used a growth model with … endogenous fertility, in which the usual parental trade-off between the quantity and quality of their children is augmented with …

We document increased old-age mortality rates among Swedish twin mothers compared to non-twin mothers. Results are … based on administrative data on mortality for the years 1990 to 2010. We argue that twins are an unplanned shock to … fertility in the cohorts of older women considered. Deaths due to lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart …

) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and … (across the full range) and CV mortality rate later in life is significantly stronger if the individual is born in a recession …. This is not explained by differential fertility by social class over the cycle. Ability itself, as measured at age 10 …

suggest that these impacts were also observed when considering maternal mortality, though effects are less precisely estimated. …

children are choice-based, reflecting prior selective fertility and mortality behavior. Parameter identification is the most … serious practical problem in controlling for fertility and mortality selection. Identification is achieved by imposing a … random-effects structure on the error correlation matrix for the set of fertility, mortality and health behaviors. Fertility …

spending, productivity, longevity, savings and labor but high fertility. Public or firms’ health subsidies increase health … spending, longevity and productivity and decrease fertility. Labor income taxes reduce the marginal benefit of health spending …

health, self-rated health to mortality. Our analytic sample includes about 8,000 Chinese persons age above 60. Using the …