This paper develops a link between four central components of the demographic transition: survival rates; fertility … survival is found to reduce the fertility rate and altruistic transfers, and thereby increase the savings rate and the … productivity growth rate. The analysis illustrates the key role of child health in the demographic transition …

This paper develops a link between four central components of the demographic transition: survival rates; fertility … survival is found to reduce the fertility rate and altruistic transfers, and thereby increase the savings rate and the … productivity growth rate. The analysis illustrates the key role of child health in the demographic transition …

This paper develops a link between four central components of the demographic transition: survival rates; fertility … survival is found to reduce the fertility rate and altruistic transfers, and thereby increase the savings rate and the … productivity growth rate. The analysis illustrates the key role of child health in the demographic transition …

formation, little longevity, high child mortality, large fertility and a sluggish income and productivity growth to a modern … about fertility, education of their children and the type and intensity of the investments in their own education. These … decisions are affected by different dimensions of mortality and technological progress which change endogenously during the …