Analyzing a variety of cross-national and sub-national data, we argue that high adult mortality reduces economic growth … by shortening time horizons. Higher adult mortality is associated with increased levels of risky behaviour, higher … fertility, and lower investment in physical and human capital. Furthermore, the feedback effect from economic prosperity to …

survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …

here empirically the link between fertility and financial incentives by estimating and simulating a joint structural model … of participation and fertility on a sample of French women. Our results suggest that fertility responds to incentives in …

of the next century the ratio of people of working age to those of retirement age will, in many countries, be only around …