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A bioeconomic foundation of the Malthusian equilibrium : body size and population size in the long-run

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The simplest unified growth theory

Strulik, Holger (contributor); Weisdorf, Jacob (contributor) - 2007

This paper provides a uni?ed growth theory, i.e. a model that explains the very long-run economic and demographic …

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The simplest unified growth theory

Strulik, Holger; Weisdorf, Jacob - 2007

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The simplest unified growth theory

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How child costs and survival shaped the industrial revolution and the demographic transition : a theoretical inquiry

Strulik, Holger; Weisdorf, Jacob - 2010

This study provides a unified growth theory to correctly predict the initially negative and subsequently positive … relationship between child mortality and net reproduction observed in industrialized countries over the course of their demographic … transitions. The model captures the intricate interplay between technological progress, mortality, fertility and economic growth …

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Endogenous fertility with a sibship size effect

Brezis, Elise S.; Dos Santos Ferreira, Rodolphe - 2015

Since the seminal work of Becker, the dynamics of endogenous fertility has been based on the trade-off faced by parents between the quantity and the quality of their children. However, in developing countries, when child labor is an indispensable source of household income, parents actually...

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