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We examine the long-run relationship between fertility, mortality, and income using panel cointegration techniques and … the available data for the last century. Our main result is that mortality changes and growth of income per capita account …, is insufficient to explain the secular decline of population growth. For that interaction of mortality and income growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008906860
This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282290
This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284073
We examine the long-run relationship between fertility, mortality, and income using panel cointegration techniques and … the available data for the last century. Our main result is that mortality changes and growth of income per capita account …, is insufficient to explain the secular decline of population growth. For that interaction of mortality and income growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289008
and the transition to modern growth -- Demographic transition ; Gender Gap ; Human capital ; Fertility ; Mortality …
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and the transition to modern growth. -- demographic transition ; gender gap ; human capital ; fertility ; mortality …
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constant income and population is achieved through equilibrating adjustments in "positive checks" (mortality, starvation) and … Asian economies, have experienced steady income growth accompanied by sharply falling fertility and mortality rates … economic stagnation with high fertility and mortality and constant population and income, as predicted by Malthus, but also for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014053027
This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110845
their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that … only income relative to others was related to well-being. In this paper, we review the evidence to assess the importance of … absolute and relative income in determining well-being. Our research suggests that absolute income plays a major role in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683272
their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that … only income relative to others was related to well-being.In this paper, we review the evidence to assess the importance of … absolute and relative income in determining well-being. Our research suggests that absolute income plays a major role in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088664