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Homepage:	http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/david-canning/
Workplace:	Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

1. Conducting Cost Benefit Analysis in Expected Utility Units Using Revealed Social Preferences
   Working Papers, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics

2022

2. Colonial Origins and Fertility: Can the Market Overcome History?
   Working Papers, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics View citations (5)
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2020) View citations (6)
3. Health and Economic Growth: Reconciling the Micro and Macro Evidence
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (29)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018) View citations (5)
   VfS Annual Conference 2018 (Freiburg, Breisgau): Digital Economy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2018) View citations (4)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
   See also Journal Article Health and economic growth: Reconciling the micro and macro evidence, World Development, Elsevier (2024) View citations (6) (2024)

2018

4. Accounting for Non-Response Bias using Participation Incentives and Survey Design
   CHaRMS Working Papers, Centre for HeAlth Research at the Management School (CHaRMS) View citations (3)

2016

5. Distal Determinants of Fertility decline: Evidence from 640 Indian Districts
   PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Distal determinants of fertility decline: Evidence from 640 Indian districts, Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany (2016) View citations (2) (2016)
6. Do Gifts Increase Consent to Home-based HIV Testing? A Difference-in-Differences Study in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
   CHaRMS Working Papers, Centre for HeAlth Research at the Management School (CHaRMS) View citations (6)
7. The Economics of Fertility Timing: An Euler Equation Approach
   CHaRMS Working Papers, Centre for HeAlth Research at the Management School (CHaRMS) View citations (2)
   Also in PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging (2016) View citations (2)
8. The Effect of Schooling on Teenage Fertility: Evidence from the 1994 Education Reform in Ethiopia
   PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging
9. Vaccination and All Cause Child Mortality 1985-2011: Global Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys
   PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging
   Also in Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar (2015) View citations (11)

2015

10. A Simulation Model of the Effect of Fertility Reduction on Economic Growth in Africa
    Working Papers, University of South Florida, Department of Economics View citations (1)
11. Africa’s Demographic Transition
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
    See also Book Africa's Demographic Transition, World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group (2015) View citations (2) (2015)
12. Inferring the economic standard of living and health from cohort height: Evidence from modern populations in developing countries
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Inferring the economic standard of living and health from cohort height: Evidence from modern populations in developing countries, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2015) View citations (13) (2015)
13. Using Interviewer Random Effects to Calculate Unbiased HIV Prevalence Estimates in the Presence of Non-Response: a Bayesian Approach
    Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar
    Also in PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging (2013)

2013

14. Disease and Development Revisited
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (42)
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging (2009) View citations (40)
    See also Journal Article Disease and Development Revisited, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2014) View citations (96) (2014)
15. The Emergence of Three Human Development Clubs
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The Emergence of Three Human Development Clubs, PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (2013) View citations (4) (2013)

2012

16. Estimating Household Permanent Income from Ownership of Physical Assets
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (1)
17. Increasing life expectancy and optimal retirement:does population aging necessarily undermine economic prosperity?
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (2)
18. Microeconomic Foundations of the Demographic Dividend
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (6)
19. Reproductive Health Laws Around the World
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (4)
20. The Association of Maternal Age with Infant Mortality, Child Anthropometric Failure, Diarrhoea, and Anaemia for First Births: Evidence from 55 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging

2011

21. Demographic Change and Economic Growth in South Asia
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (7)
22. Demographics and Development Policy
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (4)
23. Implications of Population Aging for Economic Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (52)
    Also in PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging (2011) View citations (47)
    See also Journal Article Implications of population ageing for economic growth, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited (2010) View citations (214) (2010)
24. Investing in Health to Improve the Wellbeing of the Disadvantaged: Reversing the Augment of the Marmot Reports
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging
25. Progress in Health around the World
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging
    Also in Human Development Research Papers (2009 to present), Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2010) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Progress in Health around the World, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2012) View citations (11) (2012)
26. The Causes and Consequences of the Demographic Transition
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (11)
27. The Effect of Childhood Measles Vaccination on School Enrollment in Matlab, Bangladesh
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The effect of childhood measles vaccination on school enrolment in Matlab, Bangladesh, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
28. The Effect of Malaria on Settlement and Land Use: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging
29. The Effect of Maternal Tetanus Immunization on Children’s Schooling Attainment in Matlab, Bangladesh: Follow-up of a Randomized Trial
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article The effect of maternal tetanus immunization on children's schooling attainment in Matlab, Bangladesh: Follow-up of a randomized trial, Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier (2011) View citations (7) (2011)
30. The Effect of Vaccination on Children's Physical and Cognitive Development in the Philippines
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article The effect of vaccination on children's physical and cognitive development in the Philippines, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2012) View citations (6) (2012)

2010

31. Average Behavior in Learning Models
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (5)
    Also in Working Papers, Cambridge - Risk, Information & Quantity Signals (1990) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Average behavior in learning models, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1992) View citations (30) (1992)
32. Population Dynamics in India and Implications for Economic Growth 2011/1
    Journal Article, World Demographic and Ageing Forum View citations (2)
33. Rethinking the benefits and costs of childhood vaccination: the example of the Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (1)
34. Universal antiretroviral treatment: the challenge of human resources
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (1)
35. Urban Settlement: Data, Measures, and Trends
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (7)
    Also in PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging (2007)

2009

36. Axiomatic Foundations of Cost Effectiveness Analysis
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging
    See also Journal Article AXIOMATIC FOUNDATIONS FOR COST‐EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2013) View citations (5) (2013)
37. Effects of state-level public spending on health on the mortality probability in India
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Effects of state‐level public spending on health on the mortality probability in India, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2010) View citations (20) (2010)
38. Short and long-term relationship between physician density on infant mortality: a longitudinal econometric analysis
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (2)
39. The Cost of Low Fertility in Europe
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article The Cost of Low Fertility in Europe, European Journal of Population, Springer (2010) View citations (15) (2010)
40. The Economic Case for Expanding Vaccination Coverage of Children
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (3)
41. The Effect of Social Security Reform on Male Retirement in High and Middle Income Countries
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (4)
42. The Graying of Global Population and Its Macroeconomic Consequences
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (5)

2008

43. Demographic Change and Economic Growth in Asia
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (39)
    Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (1999) View citations (64)
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (1999) View citations (28)
44. Demographic Change, Institutional Settings, and Labor Supply
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (4)
45. Features and Challenges of Population Ageing using the European Perspective
    Journal Article, World Demographic and Ageing Forum View citations (7)
46. Population Aging and Economic Growth
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (38)
    See also Book Population Aging and Economic Growth, World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group (2008) View citations (21) (2008)
47. Population Aging and Economic Growth in Asia
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (16)
    See also Chapter Population Aging and Economic Growth in Asia, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (27) (2010)
48. Social Interactions and Fertility in Developing Countries
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (9)
49. The High Cost of Low Fertility in Europe
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging
50. The Mortality and Morbidity Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Adult Heights
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (4)
51. Urbanization and the Wealth of Nations
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (105)

2007

52. A Theory of Retirement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    Also in PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging (2007) View citations (16)
53. Does Age Structure Forecast Economic Growth?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (46)
    Also in PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging (2006) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Does age structure forecast economic growth?, International Journal of Forecasting, Elsevier (2007) View citations (48) (2007)
54. Fertility, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Demographic Dividend
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (33)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (40)
    See also Journal Article Fertility, female labor force participation, and the demographic dividend, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2009) View citations (297) (2009)
55. Population ageing or population growth, what should we worry about
    Journal Article, World Demographic and Ageing Forum View citations (45)
56. Realizing the Demographic Dividend: Is Africa any different?
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (37)
57. The Contribution of Population Health and Demographic Change to Economic Growth in China and India
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The contribution of population health and demographic change to economic growth in China and India, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2010) View citations (56) (2010)
58. The Height of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Role of Health, Nutrition, and Income in Childhood
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (32)
59. Valuing Lives Equally and Welfare Economics
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (1)

2006

60. Assessing the Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS on Nigerian Households: A Propensity Score Matching Approach
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (4)
61. Booms, Busts, and Echoes: How the biggest demographic upheaval in history is affecting global development
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (3)
62. Demographic Change, Social Security Systems, and Savings
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
    Also in PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging (2006) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Demographic change, social security systems, and savings, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (264) (2007)
63. Demographic challenges, fiscal sustainability and economic growth
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (1)
64. Epidemics and Economics
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (10)
65. Global Demography, Facts, Force and Future
    Journal Article, World Demographic and Ageing Forum View citations (2)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2006) View citations (3)
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging (2006) View citations (3)
    See also Chapter Global Demography: Fact, Force and Future, RBA Annual Conference Volume (Discontinued), Reserve Bank of Australia (2006) View citations (2) (2006)
66. The Consequences of Population Health for Economic Performance
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (1)
67. The Economics of HIV/AIDS in Low-Income Countries: The Case for Prevention
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (31)
    See also Journal Article The Economics of HIV/AIDS in Low-Income Countries: The Case for Prevention, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2006) View citations (39) (2006)
68. The Effect of Subjective Survival Probabilities on Retirement and Wealth in the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (43)
    Also in PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging (2006) View citations (30)
    See also Chapter The Effect of Subjective Survival Probabilities on Retirement and Wealth in the United States, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2007) View citations (5) (2007)

2005

69. Global Demographic Change: Dimensions and Economic Significance
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (6)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (74)
    See also Journal Article Global demographic change: dimensions and economic significance, Proceedings - Economic Policy Symposium - Jackson Hole, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (2004) View citations (71) (2004)
70. The Effect of Improvements in Health and Longevity on Optimal Retirement and Saving
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (4)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (33)

2004

71. The Effect of Infrastructure on Long Run Economic Growth
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (3)
72. The Effect of Population Health on Foreign Direct Investment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (61)

2002

73. Longevity and Life Cycle Savings
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article Longevity and Life‐cycle Savings, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2003) View citations (190) (2003)
74. Technological Diffusion, Conditional Convergence, and Economic Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
75. The Wealth of Nations: Fundamental Forces Versus Poverty Traps
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2001

76. Economic Growth and the Demographic Transition
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (122)
77. The Effect of Health on Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (138)

2000

78. The social rate of return on infrastructure investments
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (126)

1999

79. Infrastructure's contribution to aggregate output
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (50)
80. Optimal Credit Rationing in Not-For-Profit Financial Institutions
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Optimal Credit Rationing in Not-For-Profit Financial Institutions, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2003) View citations (11) (2003)

1998

81. A database of world infrastructure stocks, 1950-95
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (70)
82. Universal features in the growth dynamics of complex organizations
    Papers, arXiv.org View citations (113)

1990

83. INVENTORY CYCLES, DISEQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS AND EFFECTIVE DEMAND
    Working Papers, Cambridge - Risk, Information & Quantity Signals
84. RATIONALITY, COMPUTABILITY AND THE LIMITS OF GAME THEORY
    Working Papers, Cambridge - Risk, Information & Quantity Signals
85. SOCIAL EQUILIBRIUM
    Working Papers, Cambridge - Risk, Information & Quantity Signals View citations (10)

1989

86. BOTTLENECKS AND PERSISTENT UMEMPLOYMENT: WHY DO BOOMS END?
    Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research
    Also in Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (1989)
    Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management (1989)
87. Convergence to Equilibrium in a Sequence for Games with Learning
    STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (15)
88. OPTIMAL MONETARY POLICY AND MISSING MARKETS
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics

1988

89. Rationality and Game Theory when Players are Turing Machines
    STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Health and economic growth: Reconciling the micro and macro evidence
   World Development, 2024, 178, (C) View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Health and Economic Growth: Reconciling the Micro and Macro Evidence, CESifo Working Paper Series (2022) View citations (2) (2022)

2023

2. Exploring the Relationship between Anemia and Postpartum Depression: Evidence from Malawi
   IJERPH, 2023, 20, (4), 1-12
3. The impact of a randomized cash transfer intervention on mortality of adult household members in rural South Africa, 2011–2022
   Social Science & Medicine, 2023, 324, (C)

2022

4. Pension exposure and health: Evidence from a longitudinal study in South Africa
   The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2022, 23, (C) View citations (1)

2021

5. Understanding the Pathways from Prenatal and Post-Birth PM 2.5 Exposure to Infant Death: An Observational Analysis Using US Vital Records (2011–2013)
   IJERPH, 2021, 19, (1), 1-26 View citations (2)

2020

6. Adding measurement error to location data to protect subject confidentiality while allowing for consistent estimation of exposure effects
   Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, 2020, 69, (5), 1251-1268 View citations (1)

2019

7. Health disparities and the socioeconomic gradient in elderly life-cycle consumption
   The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2019, 14, (C) View citations (1)
8. Health inequalities in the South African elderly: The importance of the measure of social-economic status
   The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2019, 14, (C) View citations (2)
9. Reframing the Measurement of Women’s Work in the Sub-Saharan African Context
   Work, Employment & Society, 2019, 33, (3), 518-528
10. Socioeconomic gradients in chronic disease risk behaviors in a population-based study of older adults in rural South Africa
    International Journal of Public Health, 2019, 64, (1), 135-145

2018

11. Accounting for non-response bias using participation incentives and survey design: An application using gift vouchers
    Economics Letters, 2018, 171, (C), 239-244 View citations (3)
12. The macroeconomic and welfare implications of rural health insurance and pension reforms in China
    The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2018, 11, (C), 71-92 View citations (20)

2017

13. Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Air Pollution in Utero as a Risk Factor for Child Stunting in Bangladesh
    IJERPH, 2017, 15, (1), 1-12 View citations (1)
14. The Effect of Fertility Decline on Economic Growth in Africa: A Macrosimulation Model
    Population and Development Review, 2017, 43, 237-263 View citations (17)

2016

15. Distal determinants of fertility decline: Evidence from 640 Indian districts
    Demographic Research, 2016, 34, (13), 373-406 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Distal Determinants of Fertility decline: Evidence from 640 Indian Districts, PGDA Working Papers (2016) View citations (2) (2016)

2015

16. Inferring the economic standard of living and health from cohort height: Evidence from modern populations in developing countries
    Economics & Human Biology, 2015, 19, (C), 114-128 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Inferring the economic standard of living and health from cohort height: Evidence from modern populations in developing countries, WIDER Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (13) (2015)
17. The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
    Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2015, 16, (2), 309-311
18. The effect of childhood measles vaccination on school enrolment in Matlab, Bangladesh
    Applied Economics, 2015, 47, (55), 6019-6040 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Childhood Measles Vaccination on School Enrollment in Matlab, Bangladesh, PGDA Working Papers (2011) View citations (2) (2011)

2014

19. Disease and Development Revisited
    Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 122, (6), 1355 - 1366 View citations (96)
    See also Working Paper Disease and Development Revisited, IZA Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (7) (2013)
20. Increasing life expectancy and optimal retirement in general equilibrium
    Economic Theory, 2014, 56, (1), 191-217 View citations (33)
21. Optimal Retirement with Increasing Longevity
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2014, 116, (3), 838-858 View citations (56)

2013

22. AXIOMATIC FOUNDATIONS FOR COST‐EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
    Health Economics, 2013, 22, (12), 1405-1416 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Axiomatic Foundations of Cost Effectiveness Analysis, PGDA Working Papers (2009) (2009)
23. Fertility choice, mortality expectations, and interdependent preferences—An empirical analysis
    European Economic Review, 2013, 63, (C), 273-289 View citations (19)
24. IS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MULTIDIMENSIONAL?
    Journal of International Development, 2013, 25, (4), 445-455 View citations (1)
25. Non-parametric estimation of data dimensionality prior to data compression: the case of the human development index
    Journal of Applied Statistics, 2013, 40, (9), 1853-1863 View citations (4)
26. The Emergence of Three Human Development Clubs
    PLOS ONE, 2013, 8, (3), 1-7 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper The Emergence of Three Human Development Clubs, PGDA Working Papers (2013) View citations (5) (2013)
27. The effect of health improvements due to tobacco control on earnings in the United States
    Applied Economics, 2013, 45, (36), 5021-5030

2012

28. Progress in Health around the World
    Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48, (12), 1784-1798 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Progress in Health around the World, PGDA Working Papers (2011) (2011)
29. The effect of vaccination on children's physical and cognitive development in the Philippines
    Applied Economics, 2012, 44, (21), 2777-2783 View citations (6)
    Also in Applied Economics, 2012, 44, (21), 2777-2783 (2012) View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Vaccination on Children's Physical and Cognitive Development in the Philippines, PGDA Working Papers (2011) View citations (8) (2011)

2011

30. The effect of maternal tetanus immunization on children's schooling attainment in Matlab, Bangladesh: Follow-up of a randomized trial
    Social Science & Medicine, 2011, 72, (9), 1429-1436 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Maternal Tetanus Immunization on Children’s Schooling Attainment in Matlab, Bangladesh: Follow-up of a Randomized Trial, PGDA Working Papers (2011) View citations (7) (2011)

2010

31. Effects of state‐level public spending on health on the mortality probability in India
    Health Economics, 2010, 19, (11), 1361-1376 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Effects of state-level public spending on health on the mortality probability in India, PGDA Working Papers (2009) View citations (2) (2009)
32. Health trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: Conflicting evidence from infant mortality rates and adult heights
    Economics & Human Biology, 2010, 8, (2), 273-288 View citations (30)
33. Implications of population ageing for economic growth
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2010, 26, (4), 583-612 View citations (214)
    See also Working Paper Implications of Population Aging for Economic Growth, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (52) (2011)
34. Investing in health to improve the wellbeing of the disadvantaged: Reversing the argument of Fair Society, Healthy Lives (The Marmot Review)
    Social Science & Medicine, 2010, 71, (7), 1223-1226 View citations (5)
35. The Cost of Low Fertility in Europe
    (Le coût de la basse fécondité en Europe)
    European Journal of Population, 2010, 26, (2), 141-158 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper The Cost of Low Fertility in Europe, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (12) (2009)
36. The contribution of population health and demographic change to economic growth in China and India
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2010, 38, (1), 17-33 View citations (56)
    See also Working Paper The Contribution of Population Health and Demographic Change to Economic Growth in China and India, PGDA Working Papers (2007) View citations (5) (2007)

2009

37. Fertility, female labor force participation, and the demographic dividend
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2009, 14, (2), 79-101 View citations (297)
    See also Working Paper Fertility, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Demographic Dividend, PGDA Working Papers (2007) View citations (33) (2007)
38. The effect of changes in health sector resources on infant mortality in the short-run and the long-run: A longitudinal econometric analysis
    Social Science & Medicine, 2009, 68, (11), 1918-1925 View citations (25)

2008

39. INFRASTRUCTURE, LONG‐RUN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CAUSALITY TESTS FOR COINTEGRATED PANELS
    Manchester School, 2008, 76, (5), 504-527 View citations (196)

2007

40. Demographic change, social security systems, and savings
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2007, 54, (1), 92-114 View citations (264)
    See also Working Paper Demographic Change, Social Security Systems, and Savings, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (36) (2006)
41. Does age structure forecast economic growth?
    International Journal of Forecasting, 2007, 23, (4), 569-585 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper Does Age Structure Forecast Economic Growth?, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (46) (2007)

2006

42. The Economics of HIV/AIDS in Low-Income Countries: The Case for Prevention
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2006, 20, (3), 121-142 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper The Economics of HIV/AIDS in Low-Income Countries: The Case for Prevention, PGDA Working Papers (2006) View citations (31) (2006)
43. The effect of population health on foreign direct investment inflows to low- and middle-income countries
    World Development, 2006, 34, (4), 613-630 View citations (101)

2005

44. The Value of Vaccination
    World Economics, 2005, 6, (3), 15-39 View citations (29)

2004

45. Global demographic change: dimensions and economic significance
    Proceedings - Economic Policy Symposium - Jackson Hole, 2004, (Aug), 9-56 View citations (71)
    See also Working Paper Global Demographic Change: Dimensions and Economic Significance, PGDA Working Papers (2005) View citations (6) (2005)
46. The Effect of Health on Economic Growth: A Production Function Approach
    World Development, 2004, 32, (1), 1-13 View citations (545)
47. The Health and Wealth of Africa
    World Economics, 2004, 5, (2), 57-81 View citations (42)

2003

48. Contraception and the Celtic Tiger
    The Economic and Social Review, 2003, 34, (3), 229–247 View citations (31)
49. Geography and Poverty Traps
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2003, 8, (4), 355-78 View citations (158)
50. Health as Human Capital and its Impact on Economic Performance
    The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2003, 28, (2), 304-315
    Also in The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2003, 28, (2), 304-315 (2003) View citations (29)
51. How Demographic Change can Bolster Economic Performance in Developing Countries
    World Economics, 2003, 4, (4), 1-14 View citations (14)
52. Longevity and Life‐cycle Savings
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2003, 105, (3), 319-338 View citations (190)
    See also Working Paper Longevity and Life Cycle Savings, NBER Working Papers (2002) View citations (21) (2002)
53. Optimal Credit Rationing in Not-For-Profit Financial Institutions
    International Economic Review, 2003, 44, (1), 243-261 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Optimal Credit Rationing in Not-For-Profit Financial Institutions, Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers (1999) View citations (2) (1999)
54. The Health and Poverty of Nations: From theory to practice
    Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2003, 4, (1), 47-71 View citations (51)

2001

55. A New Health Opportunity
    Development, 2001, 44, (1), 36-43
56. Structural Stability Implies Robustness to Bounded Rationality
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2001, 101, (2), 395-422 View citations (8)

1999

57. Econophysics: Can physicists contribute to the science of economics?
    Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1999, 269, (1), 156-169 View citations (52)

1998

58. A Database of World Stocks of Infrastructure, 1950-95
    The World Bank Economic Review, 1998, 12, (3), 529-47 View citations (84)
59. Scaling the volatility of GDP growth rates
    Economics Letters, 1998, 60, (3), 335-341 View citations (99)

1996

60. Specialization, scale economies and economic development
    Economics Letters, 1996, 52, (1), 95-100 View citations (2)

1992

61. Average behavior in learning models
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1992, 57, (2), 442-472 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper Average Behavior in Learning Models, Levine's Working Paper Archive (2010) View citations (5) (2010)
62. Rationality, Computability, and Nash Equilibrium
    Econometrica, 1992, 60, (4), 877-88 View citations (10)

1988

63. Increasing Returns in Industry and the Role of Agriculture in Growth
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1988, 40, (3), 463-76 View citations (9)

1987

64. Monetary Policy versus Wage Adjustment as a Response to Demand Shocks
    Economic Journal, 1987, 98, (390), 75-82

Books

2015

1. Africa's Demographic Transition
   (La transition démographique de l’Afrique)
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Africa’s Demographic Transition, World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group (2015) (2015)

2008

2. Population Aging and Economic Growth
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper Population Aging and Economic Growth, PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging (2008) View citations (38) (2008)
3. Population Health and Economic Growth
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (32)

Chapters

2010

1. Population Aging and Economic Growth in Asia
   A chapter in The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia, 2010, pp 61-89 View citations (27)
   See also Working Paper Population Aging and Economic Growth in Asia, Program on the Global Demography of Aging (2008) View citations (16) (2008)

2007

2. The Effect of Subjective Survival Probabilities on Retirement and Wealth in the United States
   Chapter 4 in Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers and the Macroeconomy, 2007 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper The Effect of Subjective Survival Probabilities on Retirement and Wealth in the United States, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (43) (2006)

2006

3. Global Demography: Fact, Force and Future
   A chapter in Demography and Financial Markets, 2006 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Global Demography, Facts, Force and Future, World Demographic and Ageing Forum (2006) View citations (2) (2006)