BELOW REPLACEMENT FERTILITY AND OTHER POST-TRANSITIONAL ASPECTS: ARE THERE MICROECONOMIC and ECONOMIC GROWTH IMPLICATIONS?

Eduardo L. G. L. G. Rios-Neto, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)

The classic demographic transition regarding micro-level fertility determination and economic growth is central to the economic demography field. Other micro-level economic models are being developed to explain the post-transitional context in developed and middle-income countries. The question remains whether these post-transitional micro-level demographic aspects bear macroeconomic growth implications. This paper will briefly review the micro-macro context of economic demography in the demographic transition to prepare for evaluating this context in the post-demographic transition period. The final paper will add evidence.

Keywords: Economic Demography, Fertility, Population and Development

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