Demographic Change and Long-Run Development
Demographic Change and Long-Run Development
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Abstract
Over the last two hundred years, mortality and fertility levels in the Western world have dropped to unprecedented levels. This demographic transition was accompanied by an economic transition that led to widespread education and economic growth after centuries of near-stagnation. At the same time, other changes have occurred in family structures, culture, and the organization of society. Economists have only recently begun to take into account the demographic transition from high mortality and high fertility when modeling and researching economic development. This book reviews recent approaches to economic demography, considering such topics as the bio-geographic origins of comparative development differences; the role of health improvements and mortality decline; as well as physiological, familial, cultural, and social aspects. After an overview of the study of demography and economic demography, the chapters cover subjects including the Neolithic era and the period of the formation of states and social institutions; longevity and economic growth; household decision making and fertility; land inequality, education, and marriage in nineteenth century Prussia; and caste systems and technology in pre-modern societies. The book concludes with a call for further investigation of the institutional and social factors that influence demographics and economies, suggesting that unified growth theory offers a potential approach to studying development.
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Front Matter
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The Demographic Transition and Long-Term Development
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The Long Shadow of History: The Biogeographical Origins of Comparative Economic Development
Oded Galor
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Health Improvement and Income Growth in the Long Run
David N. Weil
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Did Longer Lives Buy Economic Growth? From Malthus to Lucas and Ben-Porath
David de la Croix
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Adult Mortality and Modern Growth
Davide Fiaschi andTamara Fioroni
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Human Physiological Development and Economic Growth
Carl-Johan Dalgaard andHolger Strulik
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Intrahousehold Decision Making and Fertility
Matthias Doepke andFabian Kindermann
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Land Inequality, Education, and Marriage: Empirical Evidence from Nineteenth-Century Prussia
Francesco Cinnirella andErik Hornung
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Long-Run Development and the New Cultural Economics
Boris Gershman
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Time Since What? (Re)interpreting the Neolithic Transition in a Malthusian Environment
Nils-Petter Lagerlöf
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Caste Systems and Technology in Premodern Societies
Elena Esposito
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