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model of the accidental bequest with endogenous fertility, we analyze the effects of a decrease in the old-age mortality …This paper investigates the relationship between growth and inequality from a demographic point of view. In an extended … rate on the equilibrium growth rate as well as on the income distribution. We show that the relationship between growth and …
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model of the accidental bequest with endogenous fertility, weanalyze the effects of a decrease in the old-age mortality rate …This paper investigates the relationship between growth and inequality from a demographicpoint of view. In an extended … on the equilibrium growth rateas well as on the income distribution. We show that the relationship between growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670761
This paper studies the link between crime and fertility and the way by which they jointly impact on economic growth. In …-linear effects on both crime and fertility. At the same time, it reveals a negative effect on output growth. … offenders face in escaping apprehension, increases both crime and fertility non-monotonically, giving rise to an ambiguous …
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extended model of the accidental bequest withendogenous fertility, we analyze the effects of a decrease in old-age mortality …Abstract This paper investigates the relationship between growth and inequality froma demographic point of view. In an … rate onthe equilibrium growth rate as well as on the income distribution. We show that therelationship between growth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005510524
This paper presents a fertility choice model in which the mortality rate is also endogenously determined and health … expenditure provides utility to individuals as well as affects the mortality rate. The analysis shows that the model predictions …
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utility by in-kind aid, which also lowers fertility and augments economic growth. … due to a lower growth rate. But, if parents value the quality of their children (health status), they achieve greater …
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mechanism that links life expectancy, retirement, education, fertility, and growth. Gains in adult longevity induce agents to … save more for retirement, reduce fertility, invest in education, and achieve sustained growth. Even if the length of …, fertility, education, and income, as well as reconciles the theory that gains in life expectancy trigger a growth takeoff by …
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growth and income distribution in Rwanda. Using a disaggregated SAM for Rwanda and, with the assistance of structural path … analysis, the paper explores the macroeconomic implications of family size for human capital, sectoral growth and income … planning programs seems to be a viable strategy for economic growth and poverty reduction. …
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This paper explores macroeconomic linkages among family planning, human capital and economic growth in Rwanda. Based on … rural investment should yield economic growth followed by an improvement in income equality. Third, a unit increase in the …
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This paper develops a unified model of growth, population, and technological progress that is consistent with long …-term historical evidence. The economy endogenously evolves through three phases. In the Malthusian regime, population growth is … population, so that output per capita is stable around a constant level. In the post-Malthusian regime, the growth rates of …
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