period, first the post-World War baby boom and then the substantial increase in education led to higher economic growth than … otherwise expected. As the pace of increase in education slowed and the workforce aged toward the end of the period, human …

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

While high fertility persists in the poorest countries and fertility declines with per capita income in developing … countries, fertility and per capita income are now positively associated across most developed countries. This paper presents a … model where a Ushaped relationship between overall fertility and per capita income reflects within country differences in …

This paper incorporates the timing of childbearing into a growth model with endogenous fertility. It analyzes a model … in which individuals' human capital stock depends positively on their education and parental human capital and in which … the complementarity between parental human capital and education in determining individuals' human capital is relatively …

fertility rates and reducing output growth in the transitional dynamics. If human or physical stocks are sufficiently low, the … model shows that an economy can be caught in a fertility-caused poverty trap, while countries with more resources will …

development. It affects human capital through both religious and secular education. It affects population and labor by influencing … work effort, fertility, and the demographic transition. And it affects total factor productivity by constraining or …

development. It affects human capital through both religious and secular education. It affects population and labor by influencing … work effort, fertility, and the demographic transition. And it affects total factor productivity by constraining or …