With about five children born per woman and a population growth rate of 2.5 per cent per year, sub-Saharan Africa has … been the world's fastest growing region over the last decade. Economists have often argued that high fertility rates are … mainly driven by women's demand for children (and not by family planning efforts) with low levels of unwanted fertility …

This paper empirically examines the effect of population growth on real interest rates. Although this effect is well … theories are typically based on long-term relationships across generations. Accordingly, key population trends appear often … only across decades, if not centuries, worth of data. To capture these trends, we distinguish between population growth …

from the aging population was observed. In addition, the migration rate is negative and sub-replacement fertility rate is … referring to the size and structure of the population as well as population growth, are a significant challenge of regional …