calibrated version we and that education always increases if life expectancy rises but the effect on the capital stock is still … potentially offsetting effects at work in models with endogenous education and overlapping generations which is key for …

unambiguously increases fertility. With children educated in schools and parents paying tuition fees, the reaction of fertility to … changes in longevity is ambiguous. If productivity of adult human capital is sufficiently low, fertility will decrease … between fertility and longevity reversed. We argue therefore that it is important to account for the change in the nature of …

trends, we implement an overlapping generations model with heterogeneity by level of education in which individuals optimally …

are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Our model predicts a widening and possibly a …

This paper examines the relationship between fertility and human capital investment and its implications for economic … growth, focusing on the effects of declining mortality. Unlike the existing literature, this paper stresses the role of … precautionary demand for children. As the mortality rate and thus uncertainty falls, this demand decreases. Furthermore, lower …

This paper examines the relationship between fertility and human capital investment and its implications for economic … growth, focusing on the effects of declining mortality. Unlike the existing literature, this paper stresses the role of … precautionary demand for children. As the mortality rate and thus uncertainty falls, this demand decreases. Furthermore, lower …

"quality" of offspring. According to this theoretical model, the overall impact of mortality shocks on fertility is …The effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on fertility in Africa remains ill understood. To align the contrasting findings … fertility impacts are conditional on income levels. We use African panel data to test the implications of the model, and find …