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Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson

Journal of Political Economy, 2007. DOI 10.1086/529000

Has this study been replicated?

The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 mixed.

Replications

• Disease and development—The predicted mortality instrument revisited, Kreitmeir & Überfuhr (2024). Outcome recorded: mixed. Our findings confirm its predictive power on life expectancy. The replication analysis reveals a significant positive second‐stage effect of life expectancy on population and total birth rates and a negative effect on GDP per capita for a subset of the revised instruments. View paper

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