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Title:Mortality and Morbidity Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Adult Height Author(s):AKACHI, Yoko; CANNING, DavidDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2008/41Abstract:In most developing countries, rising levels of nutrition and improvements in public health have led to declines in infant mortality and rising adult height. In Sub-Saharan Africa, however, we see a different pattern. ...
Title:‘The Child is Father of the Man:’ Implications for the Demographic Transition Author(s):DE LA CROIX, David; LICANDRO, OmarDate:2007Citation:
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Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2007/05Abstract:We propose a new theory of the demographic transition based on the evidence
that body development during childhood is an important factor for life expectancy.
The key and novel mechanism of the model is that parents face ...