Income Distribution and Macroeconomics Revisited: The Role of Fertility Adjustment

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.

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Year of publication:	2009-11
Authors:	Nakagawa, Masao ; Sugimoto, Yoshiaki
Institutions:	Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka University

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Series:	ISER Discussion Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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