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Chapter 5. Population, Poverty, and the Natural Environment
Dasgupta, Partha - In: Handbook of environmental economics : volume 1, …, (pp. 191-247). 2003
local natural-resource base, a subject that has been much neglected by modern demographers and development economists. The … associated with fertility behavior and use of the local natural-resource base are identified. Three are shown to be pronatalist … that one of the externalities may even provide an invidious link between fertility decisions and the use of the local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023940
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Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2016
We assess Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend. While fertility rates and dependency ratios in Africa … out of a development trap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528105
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The effect of China's One Child Policy on sex selection, family size, and the school enrolment of daughters
Qian, Nancy - 2017
I first document that the introduction of the One Child Policy dramatically increased sex selection in certain regions, and that the Chinese government responded to this by allowing parents who had a daughter as their first child to try for a second child. Next, I show that the increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776484
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Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Sex-Specific Earnings on Sex Imbalance
Qian, Nancy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Economists long have argued that the severe sex imbalance that exists in many developing countries is caused by underlying economic conditions. This paper uses plausibly exogenous increases in sex-specific agricultural income caused by post-Mao reforms in China to estimate the effects of total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124182
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When does improving health raise GDP?
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Lester, Ashley; Weil, David N. - 2008
We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous health improvements on output per capita. Our simulation model allows for a direct effect of health on worker productivity, as well as indirect effects that run through schooling, the size and age-structure of the population, capital accumulation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284028
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Fertility and the plough
Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan - 2011
The current study finds that societies which historically engaged in plough agriculture today have lower fertility. We … fertility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286010
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Fertility and the plough
Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan - 2011
The current study finds that societies which historically engaged in plough agriculture today have lower fertility. We … fertility. -- fertility ; plough ; cultural norms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230764
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Fertility and the Plough
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2011
The current study finds that societies which historically engaged in plough agriculture today have lower fertility. We … fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129920
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The dark side of batteries : education, fertility and cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Malpede, Maurizio - 2020
both education attainment and fertility data. I find that the boom in cobalt mining led to a reduction in educational …Being rich of crucial minerals might be a leading determinant of local economic development. On the other hand … surrounding environment. I examine the effects that local cobalt mining had on child labor and subsequently on fertility rates in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404448
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The Effect of Fertility Reduction on Economic Growth
Ashraf, Quamrul; Weil, David; Wilde, Joshua - Economics Department, Williams College - 2011
We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous reductions in fertility on output per capita. Our simulation model … change in fertility from the UN medium-variant to the UN low-variant projection in Nigeria. For a base case set of parameters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271639