Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/45996 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5422
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Since World War II, mortality has declined in the developing world. This paper examines the effects of this mortality decline on demographic and economic growth by a family-optimization model, in which fertility is endogenous and wealth yields utility through its status. The decline in mortality stimulates investment and generates an income stream which promotes population growth, but the desire of status hampers fertility and prevents capital-diluting demographic expansion. If status-seeking is strong, then the decline of mortality decreases population growth below its original level.
Subjects: 
mortality
population growth
economic growth
JEL: 
O41
J13
J10
O10
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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