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 …

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 …