Oil, Population Growth, and the Resource Curse

I find indications that an increase in a country’s oil endowment results in an increase in its population growth rate, an increase in its fertility and birth rates, and a decrease in its mortality rate. To explain these results, I conjecture that an increase in oil endowment results in reduced femal...

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Published in:	DukeSpace (Duke University)
Main Author:	Tim Gu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Duke University 2009
Subjects:	Natural Resources and Economic Development Economic Growth and Development Global Energy and Sustainability Research population growth fertility mortality female labor force participation resource curse GDP per capita growth natural resource wealth
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10161/1386
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