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Human genealogy reveals a selective advantage to moderate fecundity
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2019
human population. Using a reconstructed genealogy for nearly half a million individuals in Quebec during the 1608 … level of fecundity that maximized long-run reproductive success was above the population average, indicating that natural … selection had decreased the level of fecundity in the population over this period. This evolutionary process may have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974939
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The impact of climate change on fertility
Casey, Gregory; Shayegh, Soheil; Moreno Cruz, Juan; … - 2019
human population. Using a reconstructed genealogy for nearly half a million individuals in Quebec during the 1608 … level of fecundity that maximized long-run reproductive success was above the population average, indicating that natural … selection had decreased the level of fecundity in the population over this period. This evolutionary process may have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974944
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Evolution Of Sex Gap In Life Expectancy Across High-Income Countries : Universal Patterns And Country-Specific Attributes
Vergeles, Marina - 2021
The sex gap in life expectancy (LE) at birth is currently narrowing in all high-income countries. Previous research on Western European and English-speaking (WE&ES) countries suggested that smoking-related mortality at ages 50+ was largely responsible for both widening and subsequent narrowing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013313198
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Population in history : essays in historical demography
Glass, D. V. (contributor); Eversley, David (contributor) - 1965
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000632727
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Life expectancy and economic growth : the role of the demographic transition
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2009
transition improvements in life expectancy primarily increase population. Improvements in life expectancy do, however, reduce … population growth and foster human capital accumulation after the onset of the demographic transition. This implies that the … effect of life expectancy on population, human capital and income per capita is not the same before and after the demographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003837588
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The economics and politics of women's rights
Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michele; Voena, Alessandra - 2011
Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing compared to developed countries. Historically, even in countries that are now rich women had few rights before economic development took...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523480
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The new stylized facts about income and subjective well-being
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013 - This draft: August 2, 2012
In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690734
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The economic and demographic transition, mortality, and comparative development
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2013
We propose a unified growth theory to investigate the mechanics generating the economic and demographic transition, and the role of mortality differences for comparative development. The framework can replicate the quantitative patterns in historical time series data and in contemporaneous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009708703
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Dynamics and spatial distribution of global nighttime lights
Pestalozzi, Nicola; Cauwels, Peter; Sornette, Didier - 2013
reduction in urban population (like Russia and the Ukraine) and the success of light pollution abatement programs in western …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721366
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The Economic and Demographic Transition, Mortality, and Comparative Development
Cervellati, Matteo - 2013
We propose a unified growth theory to investigate the mechanics generating the economic and demographic transition, and the role of mortality differences for comparative development. The framework can replicate the quantitative patterns in historical time series data and in contemporaneous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086663