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Life expectancy is one of the development indicators. In the human development reports published by United Nations, it … is used as a development indicator, however this usage is not necessary. Since life expectancy at birth can prove a …
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The history of preindustrial Europe provides an opportunity to examine the causes and consequences of population change at a macro level. However, serious statistical problems arise from the endogeneity of all observed variables in a Malthusian system (fertility, mortality, population size, and...
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, which should benefit development. The political-economy literature on the evolution of women's rights finds that …Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women … women had few rights before economic development took off. Is development the cause of expanding women's rights, or …
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, which should benefit development. The political-economy literature on the evolution of women's rights finds that …Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women … women had few rights before economic development took off. Is development the cause of expanding women's rights, or …
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, private investment in children's health and education and human capital accumulation. I have used a growth model with …
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growth model with endogenous fertility. I show how refugee resettlement from a more advanced and wealthier economy to a less … economic growth in both economies. …
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A large literature has studied the effects of PAYG systems on fertility, human capital and growth. We argue that the … environment, in a dynamically efficient economy PAYG pensions must be sufficiently low in order to ensure positive economic growth …. Moreover, a transition to a funded social security system will promote growth, and can thereby take place by fully compensating …
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Analyzing a variety of cross-national and sub-national data, we argue that high adult mortality reduces economic growth … almost all of Africa's growth tragedy. Our analysis also underscores grim forecasts of the long-run economic costs of the …
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with the theoretical foundations of various long-run growth theories. -- Quantity-Quality ; Human Capital ; Demographic … Transition ; Unified Growth Theory …
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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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