Replication data for: The Economic and Demographic Transition, Mortality, and Comparative Development

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Project Citation:

Cervellati, Matteo, and Sunde, Uwe. Replication data for: The Economic and Demographic Transition, Mortality, and Comparative Development. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114070V1

Project Description

Summary: 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)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I12 Health Behavior
      J11 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      N33 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: Pre-1913
      N34 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: 1913-
      O41 One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
      O47 Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

Geographic Coverage: World

Time Period(s): 1740 – 2000 ((Sweden)); 1960 – 2000 ((World))

Data Type(s): aggregate data

Methodology

Data Source: Various publicly available sources (see paper for details)

Unit(s) of Observation: Country,

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