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. We provide evidence supporting these predictions using data on exogenous mortality reductions in the context of the …
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the role of mortality differences for comparative development. The framework can replicate the quantitative patterns in … endogenous variables across countries. The results suggest that differences in extrinsic mortality might explain a substantial … the main variables of interest. -- economic and demographic transition ; adult mortality ; child mortality ; quantitative …
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We assess the long-run growth effects of rising longevity and increasing the retirement age when growth is driven by purposeful research and development. In contrast to economies in which growth depends on learning-by-doing spillovers, raising the retirement age fosters economic growth. How...
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We assess the long-run growth effects of rising longevity and increasing the retirement age when growth is driven by purposeful research and development. In contrast to economies in which growth depends on learning-by-doing spillovers, raising the retirement age fosters economic growth. How...
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and the transition to modern growth. -- demographic transition ; gender gap ; human capital ; fertility ; mortality …
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This research presents the first evidence that moderate fecundity had maximized long-run reproductive success in the human population. Using a reconstructed genealogy for nearly half a million individuals in Quebec during the 1608-1800 period, we find that while a high fecundity was associated...
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and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered a process of adaptation reducing mortality from infectious …
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and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered a process of adaptation reducing mortality from infectious …
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and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered a process of adaptation reducing mortality from infectious …
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