How did the industrial revolution impact family planning? | Robert E. Lucas 

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by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, history of economic thought, labour economics, macroeconomics, Robert E. Lucas Tags: ,

How is the population bomb going? @jamespeshaw

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TV and Indian fertility

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economics, growth miracles, population economics Tags: ,

Without one-child policy, China still might not see baby boom, gender balance

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World, high income, middle income and low income country fertility rates since 1950

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Source: United Nations Population Division Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision, File FERT/4: Total fertility by major area, region and country, 1950-2100 (children per woman), Estimates, 1950 – 2015 POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2015/FERT/F04

Generation Unbound – The drift into parenthood without marriage

26 Jun 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of love and marriage, gender Tags: , ,

Over half of all births to young adults in the United States now occur outside of marriage, and many are unplanned. The result is increased poverty and inequality for children. The left argues for more social support for unmarried parents; the right argues for a return to traditional marriage. In Generation Unbound, Isabel V. Sawhill offers a third approach: change “drifters” into “planners.”

Source: Generation Unbound | Brookings Institution

The Great Escape in one picture of fertility and infant mortality

24 May 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economics of education, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: , , ,

.Source: Should we continue to use the term “developing world”? |  World Bank  – The Data Blog

Without one-child policy, China still might not see baby boom, gender balance

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How World War I changed French marriage patterns

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Source: How World War I Changed Marriage Patterns in Europe.

Life history as a predictor of criminal violence

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Where women outnumber men

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What percentage of mothers with a child aged 0-2 yrs have a paid job

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The changing age of British mothers

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US pregnancy rates by age, 1990-2010

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Most populous countries, 1950-2060

01 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

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