Raouf Boucekkine|David de la Croix|Omar Licandro
Early Mortality Declines at the Dawn of Modern Growth*
UCLouvain|UCLouvain|European University Institute
abstract explore hypothesis demographic changes began seventeenth eighteenth centuries root acceleration growth rates dawn modern age period life tables geneva venice show decline adult mortality french marriage registers reveal important increase literacy historians measure acceleration economic growth develop endogenous growth model realistic survival law rising longevity increases individual incentives invest education fosters growth quantitatively estimate observed improvements adult mortality account 70 growth acceleration preindustrial age