endogenous fertility that address the problem of fiscal redistribution between young and old cohorts in the presence of an aging … population. Linking these issues to the process of economic growth through a simple overlapping generations model, we show that … introduction of Demeny voting) leads in the long run to a higher population growth rate and raises the consumption level of each …

There is considerable uncertainty about how reproductive factors affect child mortality. Joint determinants are … diverging results. According to very simple models estimated from DHS data from 28 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, mortality is … birth order, have high mortality. Net of such age and birth order differences, a short preceding birth interval is …

This paper analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of violence on both the … through which conflict influences fertility. First, the type of violence exposure as measured by the death of a woman's child …-level sex ratio. Results indicate that the genocide had heterogeneous effects on fertility, depending on the type of violence …

) 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 …

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 …

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

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany experienced an unprecedented temporary drop in fertility driven by …