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‘The Child is Father of the Man:’ Implications for the Demographic Transition
de la Croix, David; Licandro, Omar - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
an important predictor of adult life expectancy. Fertility, childhood development, longevity, education and income growth … different regimes. In a Malthusian regime with no education fertility increases with adult life expectancy. In the modern growth … regime, life expectancy and fertility move in opposite directions. The dynamics display the key features of the demographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124210
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‘The Child is Father of the Man:’ Implications for the Demographic Transition
Croix, David de la; Licandro, Omar - Department of Economics, European University Institute - 2007
fertility move in opposite direction. Along these lines, we propose a continuous time model where fertility, childhood …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744359
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Can natural gas save lives? : evidence from the deployment of a fuel delivery system in a developing country
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2016
There has been a widespread displacement of coal by natural gas as space heating and cooking technology in Turkey in the last two decades, triggered by the deployment of natural gas networks. In this paper, we examine the impact of this development on mortality among adults and the elderly. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011520955
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Can Natural Gas Save Lives? Evidence from the Deployment of a Fuel Delivery System in a Developing Country
Cesur, Resul - 2016
There has been a widespread displacement of coal by natural gas as space heating and cooking technology in Turkey in the last two decades, triggered by the deployment of natural gas networks. In this paper, we examine the impact of this development on mortality among adults and the elderly. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985288
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Pandemic meets pollution: poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19
Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242834
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Pandemic meets pollution : poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19
Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263327
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Long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and population health : evidence from longitudinally-linked census data
Rowland, Neil; McVicar, Duncan; Jahanshahi, Babak; … - 2024
Extensive evidence shows exposure to ambient PM2.5 is associated with a wide range of poor health outcomes. But few …, self-rated general health, disability, and all available (eleven) domain-specific health measures in the data. Associations … with poor general health, chronic illness, breathing difficulties, mobility difficulties, and deafness are robust to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014456212
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Mortality, Fertility, Education and Capital Accumulation in a Simple OLG Economy
Ludwig, Alexander - 2009
We develop a simple overlapping generations model to analytically show that population aging leads to increased educational efforts through a general equilibrium effect. The key mechanism at work in the model is that scarcity of raw labor increases the rate of return to human capital relative to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157453
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“The Child is Father of the Man:” Implications for the Demographic Transition
Croix, David de la; Licandro, Omar - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2009
an important predictor of adult life expectancy. This theory is embodied in an OLG framework where fertility, longevity … both population growth and fertility, and a late increase in secondary educational attainments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547438
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The Child is Father of the Man: Implications for the Demographic Transition
Licandro, Omar; Croix, David de la - Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, … - 2009
an important predictor of adult life expectancy. This theory is embodied in an OLG framework where fertility, longevity … both population growth and fertility, and a late increase in secondary educational attainments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004972290