Evolution, Fertility and the Ageing Population

Collins, Jason; Richards, Oliver

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“…With regard to the first question, the fertility rebound (despite being more moderate in magnitude) has already exceeded the baby boom, in terms of its length, in many countries. Furthermore, for several demographic researchers, it is projected as a persistent characteristic in the demographic trends of many developed countries for the foreseeable future (e.g., Alkema et al ., 2011; Collins and Richards, 2013; Schmertmann et al ., 2014). These are the reasons why, rather than being a temporary (cyclical) change, the fertility rebound reflects a more persistent change in trend, whereas the consensus of the literature on the theory of fertility is that the baby boom was a temporary interruption to the secular decline in fertility rates that began during the late 1800s (e.g., Van Bavel and Reher 2013).…”

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Demographic Transition and Fertility Rebound in Economic Development*

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2020

Scandinavian J Economics

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Recent evidence on the "fertility rebound" offers credence to the idea that, from the onset of early industrialization to the present day, the dynamics of fertility can be represented by an N-shaped curve. An overlapping generations model with parental investment in human capital can account for these observed movements in fertility rates during the different stages of demographic change. A demographic transition with declining fertility emerges at the intermediate stage, when parents engage on a child quantity-quality trade-off. At later stages, however, the process of economic growth generates sufficient resources so that households can rear more children while still providing the desirable amount of education investment per child.

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Demographic Transition and Fertility Rebound in Economic Development*

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Varvarigos

2020

Scandinavian J Economics

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“…A recent analysis of the dynamics of an economically relevant preference is by Collins and Richards (), who considered the evolution of fertility preferences after a fertility shock. They proposed that the genes associated with higher fertility will spread through the population after a negative fertility shock because individuals with high fertility have a fitness advantage.…”

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“…Trade may make an unproductive (LL) person better off in the short term, but over the long term their unproductive alleles will be eliminatedtotally in the case of no trade and from at least one locus in the case of trade. 13 A recent analysis of the dynamics of an economically relevant preference is by Collins and Richards (2013), who considered the evolution of fertility preferences after a fertility shock. They proposed that the genes associated with higher fertility will spread through the population after a negative fertility shock because individuals with high fertility have a fitness advantage.…”

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Evolutionary Biology in Economics: A Review

2016

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As human traits and preferences were shaped by natural selection, there is substantial potential for the use of evolutionary biology in economic analysis. In this paper, we review the extent to which evolutionary theory has been incorporated into economic research. We examine work in four areas: the evolution of preferences, the molecular genetic basis of economic traits, the interaction of evolutionary and economic dynamics, and the genetic foundations of economic development. These fields comprise a thriving body of research, but have significant scope for further investigation. In particular, the growing accessibility of low-cost molecular data will create more opportunities for research on the relationship between molecular genetic information and economic traits.

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“…Trade may make an unproductive (LL) person better off in the short-term, but over the long-term, their unproductive alleles will be eliminated -totally in the case of no trade and from at least one locus in the case of trade. 13 A recent analysis of the dynamics of an economically relevant preference is by Collins and Richards (2013), who considered the evolution of fertility preferences after a fertility shock. They proposed that the genes associated with higher fertility will spread through the population after a negative fertility shock because individuals with high fertility have a fitness advantage.…”

Section: Evolution Of Economic Traitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Evolutionary Foundations of Economics

2015

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As human traits and preferences were shaped by natural selection, there is substantial potential for the use of evolutionary biology in economic analysis. In this paper, we review the extent to which evolutionary theory has been incorporated into economic research. We examine work in four areas: the evolution of preferences, the molecular genetic basis of economic traits, the interaction of evolutionary and economic dynamics, and the genetic foundations of economic development. These fields comprise a thriving body of research, but have significant scope of further investigation. In particular, the growing accessibility of low cost molecular data will create more opportunities for research on the relationship between molecular genetic information and economic traits.

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Evolution, Fertility and the Ageing Population

Cited by 4 publications

References 43 publications

Demographic Transition and Fertility Rebound in Economic Development*

Demographic Transition and Fertility Rebound in Economic Development*

Evolutionary Biology in Economics: A Review

The Evolutionary Foundations of Economics

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