Entrepreneurship contributes importantly to the economy. However, differences in the quality
and quantity of entrepreneurship vary significantly across developing and developed …

We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics
since the late twentieth century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth …

It is not a gainsaying that challenges to both healthy living and the environment are the
result of deteriorating environmental quality with the attendant effect on environmental …

We develop a new theoretical link between inequality and growth. In our model, fertility and
education decisions are interdependent. Poor parents decide to have many children and …

This paper investigates the hypothesis that the causal effect of life expectancy on income per
capita growth is non-monotonic. This hypothesis follows from the recent literature on unified …

We provide a unified theory of the transition in income, life expectancy, education, and
population size from a nondeveloped environment to sustained growth. Individuals optimally …

I compare the predictions of three variants of the altruistic parent model of Barro and Becker
for the relationship between child mortality and fertility. In the baseline model fertility choice …

В монографии рассматривается генезис концепции человеческого капитала в рамках
классической, неоклассической и институциональной теорий. Анализируются …

We construct a simple growth model where agents with uncertain survival choose schooling
time, life‐cycle consumption and the number of children. We show that rising longevity …

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the role of life expectancy for
optimal schooling and lifetime labor supply. The results of a simple prototype Ben‐Porath …