We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous reductions in fertility on output per capita. Our simulation model allows for effects that run through schooling, the size and age structure of the population, capital accumulation, parental time input into child-rearing, and crowding of fixed natural resources. The model is parameterized using a combination of microeconomic estimates, data on de...

Situation: Reliable authorities predicted that the US standard of living would increase about 3% a year for the next 20 years, in effect doubling in a generation This would be taken as a very good sign by the general public A growth rate of 1% per year would cause great concern Question: Does the difference between the degree of elation and concern really matter? o Is it well-founded? o Should ...

— As many cases studies show, successful public health measures are being implemented in many places around the globe, and country-level mortality has fallen significantly in recent decades in all but a few countries. Are the two linked? Does development assistance for health (DAH) improve, on balance, recipient countries’ mortality trajectory? Using a new data source containing DAH on 96 high ...

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has been associated with adverse developmental outcomes including embryonic resorption, intra-uterine fetal death (IUFD), intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR) and preterm labor. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) mediate LPS-induced developmental toxicity. Ascorbic acid is an antioxidant. In the present study, we investigated the effect of ascorbic acid on LPS-induced IUF...

Serum IgM and IgA levels were measured in 97 newborn infants with and 141 without hepatosplenomegaly. All were considered normal at birth and had no apparent disease on clinical examination. Thirty per cent. of the infants with hepatosplenomegaly were found to have IgM levels of 20 mg/100 ml or greater, a level established as abnormal when compared with the control group. The number of infants ...

Policy makers worldwide put great emphasize on national and regional ICT development not least because it is believed to constitute a decisive factor for enhancing competitiveness and sustaining growth. And indeed a row of empirical studies suggests that ICTs have a positive impact on economic development. At the same time, Internet infrastructure and technology adoption appear to reinforce exi...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between maternal ethnicity and gestational age with the incidence of low birth weight and intrauterine growth restriction. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, analytic study Methods: The study was conducted between March 14th and April 4th 2011 in Women's Hospital HMC. The data was ascertained from the delivery register of labor ward on daily basis using predesigned...