Campiglio, Luigi Pierfranco - Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, … - 2011
The aim of this paper is to explain the economic causes and consequences of the sharp decline in Italy’s fertility rate …, the most dramatic decline in the world together with that in Japan. The main cause is shown to originate in the mid …-earner family in order to pass the threshold for a decent standard of living, especially when there are children. The main …