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This paper projects the effects of exogenous fertility changes in Turkey on the age structure of population and the … and the fertility rate are endogenous. The calibrated version of the model delivers three important results: First …. Third, even under an increasing rate of technological progress, a permanent upward shift in fertility levels would imply …
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Some Remarks on Lujo Brentano's View of Labor Market Problems Lujo Brentano (1844-1931) aimed for "realism" in economics. Regarding labor market theory, two topics are of particular interest: His investigations on "Hours and Wages in Relation to Production" (Scribner's 1894) and his analysis "On...
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allowed. Because of a great deal of low-cost abatement opportunities available in the energy sectors of China and India and …
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The extent to which China's family planning policy has driven its fertility transition over the past decades is … China's family planning policy and accordingly, proposes a new policy measure that integrates the policy variations more … completely, heterogeneously, and exogenously by using the cross-sectional data of the China Health and Nutrition Survey. The new …
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the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Using an economy-wide, global computable general equilibrium model, this paper …
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Within a framework of an overlapping generations endogenous growth model, this paper examines the effects of China …’s partially funded public pension on the fertility, the economic growth and the family old-age security. Chinese are assumed to … contribution rate reduces the rates of fertility and intergenerational transfer, and increases the economic growth rate. The …
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sex-ratio also depends up on fertility rate in any society. The findings points out that by comparing sex ratios across … fertility rates. Similar mistake can also happen while comparing sex-ratios across different points of time if the fertility …
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This paper explores the effect of divorce law reform on fertility. By modifying the value of marriage, the adoption of … no-fault and unilateral divorce may impact fertility decisions. To identify the effects of those reforms on fertility, we … divorce law reforms have a negative and permanent effect on fertility. These findings are robust to alternative specifications …
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fertility choice response to the introduction of the Australian baby bonus policy and if this response is sustained over time …, is a direct fertility response to the introduction of the policy and that the subsequent change in the growth of birth …
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Long-run impact of economic growth on fertility trends is ambiguous and sensitive for in-time variations. Over last … decades, economic growth has led in many countries to significant falls in total fertility rates. However, recently, in high …-income economies a kind of “fertility rebound” is revealed [Goldstein 2009; Luci and Thevenon, 2011; Day 2012]. The concept of …
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