Good health is a determinant of economic growth and a component of the well-being of the
population. This chapter discusses and synthesizes economic models of individual and …

Education has significant and far-reaching effects not only on individuals, but also on the
societies in which they live and to which they contribute. The education level of a population …

This paper surveys the microeconomic evidence on the determinants of and returns to
education and health in sub-Saharan Africa. A year of education is associated with 3-14 …

Executive summary The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent an
unprecedented global consensus about measures to reduce poverty. The eight goals …

Girls' school participation has expanded considerably in the developing world over the last
few decades, a phenomenon expected to have substantial consequences for reproductive …

The literature generally points to a negative relationship between female education and
fertility. Citing this pattern, policymakers have advocated educating girls and young women …

Background Modern contraceptive use remains an important public health intervention and
a cost-effective strategy to reduce maternal mortality, avert unintended pregnancies and to …

European and American scholars from the eighteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries
thought that all societies passed through the same developmental stages, from primitive to …

This article discusses how fertility relates to social status with the use of a new dataset,
several times larger than the ones used so far. The status-fertility relation is investigated over …

This paper uses panel data over the 1960–2000 period, a modified neoclassical growth
equation, and a dynamic panel estimator to investigate the effect of higher education human …