Fertility, human capital, and economic growth over the demographic transition;Fécondité, capital humain et croissance économique au cours de la transition démographique

European Journal of Population

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-182

  Lee, Ronald ^a   Mason, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Economic growth; Fertility; Human capital; Population aging; Quantity quality

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FERTILITY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INVESTMENT; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 77951766600     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-009-9186-x     Document Type: Article

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