We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous reductions in fertility on output per capita. Our simulation model … quantitative macroeconomic theory. We apply the model to examine the effect of a change in fertility from the UN medium-variant to …

Europeans restricted their fertility long before the Demographic Transition. By raising the marriage age of women and …-economic institution in history that limited fertility through delayed marriage. Our model emphasizes changes in agricultural production … ensuring that a substantial proportion remained celibate, the "European Marriage Pattern" (EMP) reduced childbirths by up to …

Using country- and region-level data, I investigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility in Africa during 1985 …-sectional variation suggest a positive significant effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility, whereas within estimates that are identified of off …

innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal … collectivism, in line with recent advances in biology and neuro-science. The effect of culture on long-run growth remains very …

, starvation) and quot;preventive checksquot; (marriage, fertility). Developing economies since the Industrial Revolution, and more … recently especially Asian economies, have experienced steady income growth accompanied by sharply falling fertility and … mortality rates. We develop a dynamic model of endogenous fertility, longevity, and human capital formation within a Malthusian …

mortality, fertility, and the economy in the short and medium run. The role of nonpharmaceutical interventions in shaping those …