Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/27221 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeitrag No. 412
Publisher: 
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Hannover
Abstract: 
This study provides a unified growth theory to correctly predict the initially negative and subsequently positive relationship between child mortality and net reproduction observed in industrialized countries over the course of their demographic transitions. The model captures the intricate interplay between technological progress, mortality, fertility and economic growth in the transition from Malthusian stagnation to modern growth. It identifies a number of structural breaks over the course of development, suggesting a high degree of complexity regarding the relationships between various economic and demographic variables.
Subjects: 
Economic growth
mortality
fertility
structural Change
industrial revolution.
JEL: 
O11
O14
J10
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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