Colombia ha experimentado en los últimos 50 años un proceso continuado de transición demográfica de altas a bajas tasas de crecimiento de su población. Sin embarbo, este documento muestra que, en el caso del Valle del Cauca este proceso ha sido mas acelerado que el experimentado a nivel...

This paper analyses the effects of rumours and changes in life expectancy in an economywith endogenous fertility and pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pensions. We show that the endogeneity of fertility makes society vulnerable to both pessimistic beliefs and an increasing life span. On the one hand, rumours...

En este trabajo se analiza la dinámica de la tasa de mortalidad infantil (TMI) en Colombia entre 1964 y 2008, estimando una serie de tiempo extensa de la TMI desde dos métodos y fuentes diferentes. En el primer caso, se aplicó el método indirecto Brass con las variaciones de Trussell y...

This article analyses the factors associated with the decline of fertility in Latin America. Based on the microeconomic approach to fertility determinants, we use macro panel data for Latin American and Caribbean countries for the period 1960-2000. We estimate fertility determinants and test for...

The Egyptian demographic transition from 1960 to 1996 is analyzed at the Muhafaza level. A reconstruction of demographic patterns highlights variation in the under-recording of infants across time, space, and rural/urban status. The quality of registration is worse for girls, producing an...

This paper analyzes the long-term economic determinants of the demographic transition using a large panel of countries since 1870. A simple theoretical framework accounts for the possibly nonmonotonic variations of fertility in the course of economic development. As predicted by unified growth...

In rural areas school closures are often linked to a decline in population. Do school closures stimulate enhanced emigration? This paper analyses whether family migration is affected by the existence of primary schools. We conduct an empirical study for the East German province Saxony-Anhalt for...