A stochastic model of mortality, fertility, and human capital investment

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-118

  Kalemli Ozcan, Sebnem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Precautionary demand; Quality quantity trade off; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH DETERMINATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; INVESTMENT; MORTALITY; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 0037329438     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(02)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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