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high. The theory motivates a "wanted fertility reversal": At the traditional equilibrium, men prefer more children than …
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high. The theory motivates a “wanted fertility reversal”: At the traditional equilibrium, men prefer more children than …
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Unified growth theory predicts that the timing of the fertility transition is a key determinant of contemporary … comparative development, as it marks the onset of the take-off to sustained growth. Neoclassical growth theory presupposes a take … income differences. -- Comparative Development ; Unified Growth Theory ; Neoclassical Growth Theory …
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This paper introduces wealth-dependent time preference into a simple model of endogenous growth. The model generates adjustment dynamics in line with the historical facts on savings and economic growth in Europe from the High Middle Ages to today. Along a virtuous cycle of development more...
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This paper provides a uni?ed growth theory, i.e. a model that explains the very long-run economic and demographic …
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are interrelated. This paper develops a theory for their interaction with a special emphasis on the different pattern and …
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We examine the long-run relationship between fertility, mortality, and income using panel cointegration techniques and the available data for the last century. Our main result is that mortality changes and growth of income per capita account for a major part of the fertility change...
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We examine the long-run relationship between fertility, mortality, and income using panel cointegration techniques and the available data for the last century. Our main result is that mortality changes and growth of income per capita account for a major part of the fertility change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008906860