Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58611 
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Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6334
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding of the transition from stagnation to growth. The analysis suggests that the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility and the transition to modern growth.
Subjects: 
demographic transition
gender gap
human capital
fertility
mortality
Unified Growth Theory
JEL: 
O10
J1
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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