Declining fertility and economic well-being: Do education and health ride to the rescue?

Labour Economics

Volumn 22, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-79

  Prettner, Klaus ^a   Bloom, David E ^b   Strulik, Holger ^c  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographic change; Economic growth; Effective labor supply; Human capital; Population health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875808528     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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