Ranganathan, Shyam; Swain, Ranjula Bali; Sumpter, David … - 2014
mortality, fertility rate and female education. We show that reduction in child mortality is best predicted by the level of GDP … is weakly dependent on female education and economic growth. As fertility drops, GDP increases producing a cycle that … in a country over the preceding 5 years. Fertility rate decreases when current or predicted child mortality is low, and …