A Simulation Model of the Effect of Fertility Reduction on Economic Growth in Africa
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Keywords
Fertility; Family Planning; Economic Growth; Macrosimulation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CMP-2015-12-28 (Computational Economics)
- NEP-GRO-2015-12-28 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-LAB-2015-12-28 (Labour Economics)
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