Income distribution and macroeconomics revisited : the role of fertility adjustment

Masao Nakagawa; Yoshiaki Sugimoto

This paper develops a theory in which households prepare for future education by adjusting the number of children they intend to raise. Income inequality lowers output per worker only if the inequality is attributed in some part to unexpected disturbances after childbirth. -- Fertility ; Lock-in effect ; Inequality ; Education

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Nakagawa, Masao ; Sugimoto, Yoshiaki
Publisher:	Osaka : Inst. of Social and Economic Research, Osaka Univ.
Subject:	Fertilität \| Fertility \| Haushaltseinkommen \| Household income \| Soziale Ungleichheit \| Social inequality \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Familienplanung \| Family planning \| Privater Haushalt \| Household \| Kleine offene Volkswirtschaft \| Small open economy \| Overlapping Generations \| Overlapping generations \| Theorie \| Theory

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (8 S.) graph. Darst.
Series:	Discussion paper / Institute of Social and Economic Research. - Osaka : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2435-0982, ZDB-ID 2106942-6. - Vol. 758
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/92564 [Handle]
Classification:	D10 - Household Behavior and Family Economics. General ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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