TY - UNPB

T1 - Birth, Death, and Development

T2 - A Simple Unified Growth Theory

AU - Strulik, Holger

AU - Weisdorf, Jacob Louis

N1 - JEL classification: O11, O14, J10, J13

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - This study provides a unified growth theory to correctly predict the initially negative and subsequently positive relationship between child mortality and net reproduction observed in industrialized countries over the course of their demographic transitions. The model captures the intricate interplay between technological progress, mortality, fertility and economic growth in the transition from Malthusian stagnation to modern growth. It identifies a number of structural breaks over the course of development, suggesting a high degree of complexity regarding the relationships between various economic and demographic variables.

AB - This study provides a unified growth theory to correctly predict the initially negative and subsequently positive relationship between child mortality and net reproduction observed in industrialized countries over the course of their demographic transitions. The model captures the intricate interplay between technological progress, mortality, fertility and economic growth in the transition from Malthusian stagnation to modern growth. It identifies a number of structural breaks over the course of development, suggesting a high degree of complexity regarding the relationships between various economic and demographic variables.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - economic growth

KW - mortality

KW - fertility

KW - structural change

KW - industrial revolution

M3 - Working paper

BT - Birth, Death, and Development

PB - Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen

ER -