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Endogenous fertility, mortality and growth

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Keith Blackburn () (School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK)
Giam Pietro Cipriani () (School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK)

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Abstract

Economic and demographic outcomes are determined jointly in a choice-theoretic model of fertility, mortality and capital accumulation. There is an endogenous population of reproductive agents who belong to dynastic families of overlapping generations connected through altruism. In addition to choosing savings and births, parents may reduce (infant) deaths by incurring expenditures on health-care which is also provided by the government. A generalised production technology accounts for long-run endogenous growth with short-run transitional dynamics. The analysis yields testable time series and cross-section implications which accord with the empirical evidence on the relationship between demography and development.

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Volume (Year): 11 (1998)
Issue (Month): 4 ()
Pages: 517-534
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Note: Received: 22 April 1996 / Accepted: 2 April 1998
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Keywords: Fertility · mortality · growth;

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J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
O41 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models

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  9. Keith Blackburn & Rashmi Sarmah, 2008. "Corruption, development and demography," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 9(4), pages 341-362, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  10. Strulik, Holger, 2007. "Geography, Health, and the Pace of Demo-Economic Development," Diskussionspapiere der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Hannover dp-361, Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät. [Downloadable!]
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  11. K Blackburn & R Sarmah, 2005. "Public Expenditures, Bureaucratic Corruption and Economic Development," Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research Discussion Paper Series 55, Economics, The Univeristy of Manchester. [Downloadable!]
  12. Osang, Thomas & Sarkar, Jayanta, 2005. "Endogenous Mortality, Human Capital and Endogenous Growth," Departmental Working Papers 0511, Southern Methodist University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  14. Leonid Azarnert, 2006. "Child mortality, fertility, and human capital accumulation," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 285-297, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  15. Shankha Chakraborty, 2002. "Endogenous Lifetime and Economic Growth," University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers 2002-03, University of Oregon Economics Department, revised 26 Jan 2002. [Downloadable!]
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  16. Manuel Gómez, 2001. "Subsidy policies in a fertility choice model," Atlantic Economic Journal, International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 29(4), pages 438-449, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  17. Holger Strulik, 2005. "Geography, Health, and Demo-Economic Development," Discussion Papers 05-15, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  18. Manuel A.Gómez & Luis C.Currais, 2001. "Income variation, endogenous population growth and health subsidy," Estudios de Economia, University of Chile, Department of Economics, vol. 28(2 Year 20), pages 165-181, December. [Downloadable!]
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