an important predictor of adult life expectancy. This theory is embodied in an OLG framework where fertility, longevity … and education all result from individual decisions. The model displays different regimes, allowing the economy to move … both population growth and fertility, and a late increase in secondary educational attainments. …

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 …

fertility move in opposite direction. Along these lines, we propose a continuous time model where fertility, childhood … development, longevity, education and income growth result all from individual decisions. The dynamics display the key features of … development leads the rise in education. …

calibrated version we and that education always increases if life expectancy rises but the effect on the capital stock is still … potentially offsetting effects at work in models with endogenous education and overlapping generations which is key for …

positive selection on health from high infant mortality rates during this period (18 percent), our findings suggest a strong …

mortality are important determinants of fertility decline, while per-capita GDP has probably worked in the opposite direction …This paper studies the dynamics of fertility in 180 countries in the period 1950ñ 2015 and investigates the … determinants of the onset of fertility transitions. The application of Phillips and Sulís (2007) test to fertility rates provides …

large effects of education on mortality. We revisit these results, noting that the effects are not statistically different …Although it is well known that there is a strong association between education and health much less is known about how … evidence that education has a causal effect on health. Using state compulsory school laws as instruments, Lleras-Muney finds …

disease mortality across states over time. The results show that there is a causal link between health and income per person …

trends, we implement an overlapping generations model with heterogeneity by level of education in which individuals optimally …