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Market Transaction Costs In Industrialization And Demographic Transition

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. This paper presents a unified theory of growth involving human capital accumulation, labour specialization, market expansion and falling fertility rates. The model suggests that these processes, often analysed separately, are intimately linked. The accumulation of specialized human capital increases the gains to labour specialization, leading agents to increase their participation in markets and reduce time spent at home. This raises the opportunity cost of child raising, lowering fertility rates. The model suggests a central role for market transaction costs in determining the timing and rate of fertility declines linked to rising income.

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  • Lewis S. Davis, 2007. "Market Transaction Costs In Industrialization And Demographic Transition," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(1), pages 79-99, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:pacecr:v:12:y:2007:i:1:p:79-99
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2007.00342.x
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    1. Yew‐Kwang Ng & Guang‐Zhen Sun, 2007. "Economics Of Endogenous Specialization: Introduction," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(1), pages 63-67, February.

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