In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First-
generation models of fertility choice were designed to account for two empirical regularities …

Human health and wellbeing and the health of the biosphere are inextricably linked. The
state of Earth's life-support systems, including freshwater, oceans, land, biodiversity …

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 present an OLG model in which life expectancy and environmental quality dynamics are
jointly determined. Agents may invest in environmental care, depending on how much they …

During the XXth century, life expectancy levels have converged across the world. Yet,
macroeconomic studies, as Acemoglu and Johnson (2007), estimate that improvements in …

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 …

Life expectancy at birth has more than doubled in Europe since the early 19th century. This
demographic trend constitutes a major victory against scarcity, but raises also deep …

This study examines the impact of human capital composition on technological progress and
its role in influencing the transition from stagnation to growth and the persistent income …

This paper develops a quantifiable unified growth theory to investigate cross-country
comparative development. The calibrated model can replicate the historical development …

The issue of population ageing is no longer exclusively centred on developed countries.
Empirical studies have proven that the rise in the proportion of the older age group has been …