Does the mortality decline promote economic growth?

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 411-439

  Kalemli Ozcan, Sebnem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Fertility; Malthus; Population growth; Survival probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040515863     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020831902045     Document Type: Article

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