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Malaria control and infant mortality in Africa
Cogneau, Denis; Rossi, Pauline - 2019
Has massive distribution of insecticide-treated-nets contributed to the reduction in in- fant mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past 15 years? Using large household surveys collected in 16 countries and exploiting the spatial correlation in distribution campaigns, we estimate the...
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The demographic transition: Causes and consequences
Galor, Oded - 2012
the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282290
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The demographic transition: Causes and consequences
Galor, Oded - 2010
the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284073
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The long-run determinants of fertility: One century of demographic change 1900 - 1999
Herzer, Dierk; Strulik, Holger; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2010
We examine the long-run relationship between fertility, mortality, and income using panel cointegration techniques and … for a major part of the fertility change characterizing the demographic transition. The change of mortality alone, however …, different measures of mortality, and the sample period. In addition, our causality tests suggest that fertility is both …
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Select birth cohorts
MacMinn, Richard D.; Weber, Frederik - 2009
Worldwide demographic changes and their implications for governments, corporations, and individuals have been in the focus of public interest for quite some time due to the fiscal risk related to adequate retirement benefits. Through a more detailed analysis of mortality data an additional type...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861095
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The demographic transition : causes and consequences
Galor, Oded - 2010
the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility … and the transition to modern growth -- Demographic transition ; Gender Gap ; Human capital ; Fertility ; Mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008669192
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The demographic transition : causes and consequences
Galor, Oded - 2012
the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility … and the transition to modern growth. -- demographic transition ; gender gap ; human capital ; fertility ; mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530744
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Mortality, Fertility and Persistent Income Inequality
Sarkar, Jayanta - 2007
-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 …
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A parsimonious model of longevity, fertility, HIV transmission and development
Gori, Luca; Manfredi, Piero; Sodini, Mauro - 2018
equilibrium growth model with endogenous fertility and endogenous longevity under the threat of a deadly enduring infectious … the fertility response to the evolving epidemic conditions. …
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A Quantitative Analysis of Swedish Fertility Dynamics : 1751-1990
Eckstein, Zvi; Mira, Pedro; Wolpin, Kenneth I. - 2001
This paper analyzes the relationship between age-specific fertility, mortality and real wages in Sweden during the … demographic transition. We take an overlapping generations model of life cycle fertility and fit it to actual Swedish time …-series data over the past two and a half centuries. The model fits the data well, accurately portraying the total fertility …
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