-being, growth, wealth, health, education, mortality, fertility. …

world. First, the impact of fertility decline on gender bias in mortality is examined. Contrary to the expectations of some … authors, fertility decline has not generally led to an intensification of gender bias in mortality. Second, the paper finds …. -- Missing women ; fertility decline ; Hepatitis B ; sex-selective abortions ; gender bias in mortality …

non-poor in the developing world. The paper estimates that selective mortality - whereby poorer people tend to have higher …, in a neighborhood of plausible estimates, differential fertility - whereby poorer people tend also to have higher birth …

-country, rich-poor gap in child mortality across the developing world. Using a unique data set with more than 5 million birth … transitions help the poor, this study shows evidence that it does not. Although the mortality gap between the rich and poor is …

changes in fertility and mortality on the developed world's demographic transition. The model features three regions - the U ….S., Japan, and the EU-15 - and incorporates age- and time-specific fertility and mortality rates, detailed fiscal institutions … economic consequences of both higher fertility and lower mortality rates. The simulations indicate very minor effects on the …