Skill composition, fertility, and economic growth

Day, Creina

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Skill composition, fertility, and economic growth

Date

2015

Authors

Day, Creina

Publisher

International Association for Research in Income and Wealth

Abstract

While high fertility persists in the poorest countries and fertility declines with per capita income in developing countries, fertility and per capita income are now positively associated across most developed countries. This paper presents a model where