The Economic and Demographic Transition, Mortality, and Comparative Development

Matteo Cervellati and Uwe Sunde

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2015, vol. 7, issue 3, 189-225

Abstract: This paper develops a quantifiable unified growth theory to investigate cross-country comparative development. The calibrated model can replicate the historical development dynamics in forerunner countries like Sweden and the patterns in cross-country panel data. The findings suggest a crucial role of the timing of the onset of the economic and demographic transition for explaining differences in development. Country-specific differences in extrinsic mortality are a candidate explanation for differences in the timing of the take-off across countries and the resulting worldwide comparative development patterns, including the bimodal distribution of the endogenous variables across countries. (JEL I12, J11, J13, N33, N34, O41, O47)

JEL-codes: I12 J11 J13 N33 N34 O41 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
Note: DOI: 10.1257/mac.20130170
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