, based on the 1977 Lesotho Fertility Survey. The study showed that infant mortality, despite an erratic trend, fell over time …

-demographic literature emphasizes differential fertility channel, this paper investigates differential child mortality - differences in child … model in which both child mortality and fertility are endogenously determined by parental choice, this paper demonstrates … that differential child mortality and its interaction with differential fertility may generate an quot;income inequality …

Asian economies, have experienced steady income growth accompanied by sharply falling fertility and mortality rates … takeoffs to a growth regime and a demographic transition toward low fertility and mortality rates, and a persistent growth in … at a fixed wage-income evel because population growth tends to outstrip real output growth. Dynamic equilibrium with …

/AIDS. However, to the extent that globalization promotes economic growth, population health may benefit, and there has been … correlated with growth rates and, in the last decade, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has widened international inequalities in life … throughout the now poor world. Many see related threats to public health from current globalization. Multilateral and bilateral …

fertility in the cohorts of older women considered. Deaths due to lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart … income. These results are consistent with the existence of a double burden from child rearing and working on mothers’ health. …

follows the outbreak of an epidemic. We establish several threshold properties of the model, for such a shock can severely … retard economic growth, even to the point of leading to an economic collapse. Premature adult mortality may exacerbate …

Objectives - The growth of COVID-19 infections in England raises questions about system vulnerability. Several factors … trigger adverse effects on the National Health System during a pandemic. In this paper, we present data on these factors and … resource endowments. Conclusions - Evidence-based policy is crucial to mitigate the health impact of pandemics such as COVID-19 …

incorporating a number of aspects that are highly relevant during an epidemic; namely, health care capacity constraints, dynamic … aspects of prevention (i.e. interventions aimed at flattening the epidemic curve), high uncertainty about key epidemiological …