Longevity, fertility and economic growth: Do environmental factors matter?

Our study examines the effect of environmental factors on the economic decisions regarding fertility. We incorporate health-damaging pollution into a three period overlapping generations model in which life expectancy, fertility and economic growth are all endogenous. We show that environmental fa...

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Main Authors: Varvarigos, Dimitrios, Zakaria, Intan Zanariah
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Wiley 2017
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