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Dilution effects, population growth and economic growth under human capital accumulation and endogenous technological change

Bucci, Alberto; Eraydın, Levent; Müller, Moritz - 2018

This paper answers the following two questions: 1) In the data, can we find a dilution effect of population growth also on per-capita human capital investment? If yes, 2) how can we use this fact to explain theoretically the existence of a differential impact of population change on economic...

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Desired fertility and children born across time and space

Günther, Isabel; Harttgen, Kenneth - 2013

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...

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The economics of population growth

Simon, Julian Lincoln - 1977

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Population Growth in Zimbabwe : A Threat to Economic Development?

Nyoni, Thabani - 2017

Population growth is one of the fundamental factors that directly determine the supply of human resources which are indisputably critical for production. Population growth plays a pivotal role in country's economic development trajectory. Most economically developed countries have significantly...

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Demographic and economic consequences of the post-war mortality decline in developing countries

Lehmijoki, Ulla; Palokangas, Tapio K. - 2010

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The impact of population growth on economic growth and poverty reduction in Uganda

Klasen, Stephan (contributor); Lawson, David (contributor) - 2007

The paper examines the link between population and per capita economic growth, and poverty, using the interesting case study of Uganda. Although Uganda has recently experienced excellent economic growth and poverty reduction, it currently has one of the highest population growth rates in the...

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Fertility and Social Security

Boldrin, Michele - 2008

The data show that an increase in government provided old-age pensions is strongly correlated with a reduction in fertility. What type of model is consistent with this finding? We explore this question using two models of fertility: one by Barro and Becker (1989), and one inspired by Caldwell...

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Health capital provision and human capital accumulation

Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2020

This article analyzes the effect of public policy intervention in the production of health capital on fertility, private investment in children's health and education and human capital accumulation. I have used a growth model with endogenous fertility, in which the usual parental trade-off...

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Family Planning, Now and Later : Infertility Fears and Contraceptive Take-Up

Bau, Natalie; Henning, David J.; Low, Corinne; Millett … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Early fertility is a key barrier to female human capital attainment in sub-Saharan Africa, yet contraceptive take-up remains puzzlingly low, even among educated populations with healthcare access. We study a barrier to hormonal contraceptive uptake that has not been causally tested: the...

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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

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 … demographic observation that fertility rates response with a delay to lower child mortality. It also identi es a number of turning …

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