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Search the Database Please enter the search criteria and press 'Ok'. To list all entries please let the fields empty and press 'Ok'. Author: Title: Keyword: For copyright reasons we (Editorial Office) are not able to send you copies of published papers. If you are interested in articles please contact your local library, which might have the Journal of Population Economics. Furthermore, the publisher Springer offers several online services at "Springer Link", e.g. the download of articles, sample copies and alerting services. ->Springer Link Detailed Information: Author(s): Alexander Ludwig, Edgar Vogel Title: Mortality, fertility, education and capital accumulation in a simple OLG economy Abstract: We develop a simple OLG model to analytically show that aging leads to increased educational efforts through a general equilibrium effect. The mechanism is that scarcity of raw labor increases the return of human relative to physical capital. While a reduction in the birth rate is shown to unambiguously increase educational efforts, increases in the survival rate have ambiguous effects. Falling birth rates also increase capital per worker, but the effects of rising survival rates are again ambiguous. We conclude that our model is a useful laboratory to highlight potentially offsetting effects in models with endogenous education and overlapping generations. Published: J Popul Econ (2010) 23 (2): 703-735 Keywords: Aging - Education - Overlapping generations Jel: J11 - J24 - O11