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Health Infrastructure, Demographic Transition and Growth
Author(s) -
Hashimoto Kenichi,
Tabata Ken
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
review of development economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1467-9361
pISSN - 1363-6669
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2005.00293.x
Subject(s) - fertility , demographic transition , economics , total fertility rate , public health , demographic economics , public finance , mortality rate , econometrics , macroeconomics , population , research methodology , demography , family planning , sociology , medicine , nursing
Empirical studies show that the fertility rate (mortality rate) exhibits an inverted u‐shaped dynamic in some countries, while it decreases monotonically in other countries. This paper formulates the concept of public health infrastructure and constructs a growth model that replicates various historically observed patterns of fertility and mortality rates.