capita and child mortality on fertility rates are non-robust and inconsistent with the predictions of the unified growth …

the role of mortality differences for comparative development. The framework can replicate the quantitative patterns in … endogenous variables across countries. The results suggest that differences in extrinsic mortality might explain a substantial …

malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality, encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory, is unique for Sub … the observed malnutrition and mortality outcomes. Secondly, to address unobserved but correlated factors, we exploit … the observed sound anthropometric outcomes around Lake Victoria. In contrast, high mortality rates rest upon an adverse …

We show that ethnic distances can explain the ethnic inequalities in child mortality rates in Africa. Using individual …

mortality, fertility rate and female education. We show that reduction in child mortality is best predicted by the level of GDP … in a country over the preceding 5 years. Fertility rate decreases when current or predicted child mortality is low, and …

-level data for the period 1880-1910, we explore the effects of milk inspections on infant mortality and mortality among children …-treatment reductions in either infant or child mortality. …