| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP16708 |
| DP16708 Demographic Transitions Across Time and Space | |
| Matthew J. Delventhal; Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde; Nezih Guner | |
| 发表日期 | 2021-11-10 |
| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | The demographic transition --the move from a high fertility/high mortality regime into a low fertility/low mortality regime-- is one of the most fundamental transformations that countries undertake. To study demographic transitions across time and space, we compile a data set of birth and death rates for 186 countries spanning more than 250 years. We document that (i) a demographic transition has been completed or is ongoing in nearly every country; (ii) the speed of transition has increased over time; and (iii) having more neighbors that have started the transition is associated with a higher probability of a country beginning its own transition. To account for these observations, we build a quantitative model in which parents choose child quantity and educational quality. Countries differ in geographic location, and improved production and medical technologies diffuse outward from Great Britain. Our framework replicates well the timing and increasing speed of transitions. It also produces a correlation between the speeds of fertility transition and increases in schooling similar to the one in the data. |
| 主题 | Monetary Economics and Fluctuations |
| 关键词 | Demographic transition Skill-biased technological change Diffusion |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp16708 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/545644 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Matthew J. Delventhal,Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde,Nezih Guner. DP16708 Demographic Transitions Across Time and Space. 2021. |
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