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and innovation) and therefore, long- run economic growth of an economy by working through the influence of fertility rates … simultaneous decline in fertility rate reduces total factor productivity growth by contracting the stock of human capital. The … fertility. Therefore, the economy grows at the rate of population growth at the macro level under the two regimes. Also, it is …
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distribution of work among family members. Moreover, women's time on unpaid activities shows a positive association with children …
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We investigate women's fertility, labor and marriage market responses to large declines in child and maternal mortality … present a new theory of the extensive margin response, premised upon improvements in child survival reducing the time women … need to achieve their target number of children. This prompts fertility delay and labor market entry which, coupled with …
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We investigate women's fertility, labor and marriage market responses to large declines in child and maternal mortality … present a new theory of the extensive margin response, premised upon improvements in child survival reducing the time women … need to achieve their target number of children. This prompts fertility delay and labor market entry which, coupled with …
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We investigate women's fertility, labor and marriage market responses to large declines in child and maternal mortality … present a new theory of the extensive margin response, premised upon improvements in child survival reducing the time women … need to achieve their target number of children. This prompts fertility delay and labor market entry which, coupled with …
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allow women to start fertility later and invest more in the labor market. We present a new theory of fertility that …We investigate women's fertility, labor and marriage market responses to a health innovation that led to reductions in … intensive and extensive margin fertility, a decline in the chances of ever having married, increased labor force participation …
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larger share of women remained childless. We explain these findings with a new theory of fertility that includes fertility …We investigate women's fertility, labor, and marriage market responses to large declines in child mortality in the U ….S. Fertility declined on the intensive margin as expected. However, despite the increasing value of having at least one child, a …
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