decline on demographic and economic growth by a family-optimization model, in which fertility is endogenous and wealth yields … population growth, but the desire of status hampers fertility and prevents capital-diluting demographic expansion. If status …-seeking is strong, then the decline of mortality decreases population growth below its original level. -- mortality ; population …

Economic and demographic outcomes are determined jointly in a choice-theoretic model of fertility, mortality and … long-run endogenous growth with short-run transitional dynamics. The analysis yields testable time series and cross …

decline on demographic and economic growth by a family-optimization model, in which fertility is endogenous and wealth yields … population growth, but the desire of status hampers fertility and prevents capital-diluting demographic expansion. If status …-seeking is strong, then the decline of mortality decreases population growth below its original level. …

decline on demographic and economic growth by a family-optimization model, in which fertility is endogenous and wealth yields … population growth, but the desire of status hampers fertility and prevents capital-diluting demographic expansion. If status …-seeking is strong, then the decline of mortality decreases population growth below its original level …

growth for the transitional dynamics. We find that i) higher survival induces economic growth through higher savings and … higherlabor force participation; ii) longevity-induced reductions in fertility hampereconomic development; iii) the positive life … expectancy effects of larger savingsand higher labor force participation outweigh the negative effect of a reductionin fertility …

model of the accidental bequest with endogenous fertility, weanalyze the effects of a decrease in the old-age mortality rate …This paper investigates the relationship between growth and inequality from a demographicpoint of view. In an extended … on the equilibrium growth rateas well as on the income distribution. We show that the relationship between growth …

economy, the role of women for fertility decisions and human capital investments is particularly important. Yet, we believe …

China’s fertility decline was very fast. However, what has driven this decline is controversial. The common wisdom … attributes it to the strict population control policies. Yet, fertility might also decline because of the spectacular economic … transformation and substantial mortality decline. To quantify the effects of different factors on China’s demographic and economic …

fertility rates and reducing output growth in the transitional dynamics. If human or physical stocks are sufficiently low, the … family environment. This paper presents a theory of growth in which human capital is determined by inheritable factors and … model shows that an economy can be caught in a fertility-caused poverty trap, while countries with more resources will …