about fertility, education of their children and the type and intensity of the investments in their own education. These … formation, little longevity, high child mortality, large fertility and a sluggish income and productivity growth to a modern …This paper provides a unified theory of the economic and demographic transition. Individuals make optimal decisions …

We analyze the effects of children's health on human capital accumulation and on long-run economic growth. For this … want to have better educated children, they also raise health investments and vice versa; ii) parental health investments …