Geography, health, and the pace of demo-economic development

被引：23

作者：

Strulik, Holger ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Leibniz Univ Hannover, Dept Econ, D-30167 Hannover, Germany

来源：

JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS | 2008年 / 86卷 / 01期

关键词：

demographic transition; geography; health; nutrition; cross-country divergence;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.03.004

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper investigates the impact of subsistence consumption and extrinsic and intrinsic causes of child mortality on fertility and child expenditure. It offers a theory for why mankind multiplies at higher rates at geographically unfavorable, tropical locations. Placed into a macroeconomic framework this behavior creates an indirect channel through which geography shapes economic performance. It is explained why it are countries of low absolute latitude where we observe exceedingly slow (if not stalled) economic development and demographic transition. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：61 / 75

页数：15

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