The relationship between demographic developments and economic performance has been the subject of rather intense debate in the economics literature for nearly two centuries.
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Francavilla, F., Mattei, A. (2009). Assessing the Causal Effect of Childbearing on Household Income in Albania. In: Engelhardt, H., Kohler, HP., Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A. (eds) Causal Analysis in Population Studies. The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9967-0_9
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