OLG model, with endogenous fertility and longevity, the optimal age structure, identified by number-dampened total … exceeds the observed, especially due to a very low fertility. Introducing a preference for the population stock increases the …

endogenous fertility and longevity. The first-best solution for a number-dampened total social welfare function, including … preference for the population stock in the social welfare function increases fertility, but reduces individual utility, in the …

mortality, fertility rate and female education. We show that reduction in child mortality is best predicted by the level of GDP … in a country over the preceding 5 years. Fertility rate decreases when current or predicted child mortality is low, and … is weakly dependent on female education and economic growth. As fertility drops, GDP increases producing a cycle that …

Economic and demographic outcomes are determined jointly in a dynamic general equilibrium model of longevity, fertility … different predictions about life expectancy, fertility, timing of births and educational investment depending on initial …

This article examines pollution and environmental mortality in an economy where fertility is endogenous and output is … pollution-induced mortality but also shifts resources to the clean sector. If the dirty sector is more capital intensive, then … decreasing fertility and the population size. Correspondingly, if the clean sector is more capital intensive, then the emission …

This article examines pollution and environmental mortality in an economy where fertility is endogenous and output is … pollution-induced mortality but also shifts resources to the clean sector. If the dirty sector is more capital intensive, then … decreasing fertility and the population size. Correspondingly, if the clean sector is more capital intensive, then the emission …

Economic and demographic outcomes are determined jointly in a choice-theoretic model of fertility, mortality and …

This paper examines the relationship between fertility and human capital investment and its implications for economic … growth, focusing on the effects of declining mortality. Unlike the existing literature, this paper stresses the role of … precautionary demand for children. As the mortality rate and thus uncertainty falls, this demand decreases. Furthermore, lower …

This paper examines the relationship between fertility and human capital investment and its implications for economic … growth, focusing on the effects of declining mortality. Unlike the existing literature, this paper stresses the role of … precautionary demand for children. As the mortality rate and thus uncertainty falls, this demand decreases. Furthermore, lower …