endogenous fertility. First, we show that an increase in consumption tax always reduces the economic growth rate but has an …

This research theoretically analyzes the role of irreversible fertility decisions in economic growth in the presence of … fertility adjustment then deprives some competent children of learning opportunities. In more developed stages, by contrast …

This paper develops a theory of the fertility choice that focus on the shadow price of the quality of children and … fertility rate within a framework of long (term economic growth. The analysis also links the shadow price of quality with) the … interaction between fertility and economic growth. Through the choice of per child quality within family, the analysis contributes …

model of the accidental bequest with endogenous fertility, weanalyze the effects of a decrease in the old-age mortality rate …

income. As a consequence parentsreduce fertility and increase the amount of intergenerational transfers. Wealthier households …,who have ceteris paribus more offsprings, adjust their fertility decision by a greater magnitude.Therefore a persistent fall in … evidence we solve the Barro-Becker model of fertility in a setup with aggregate and idiosyncratic shocks to labour income …

We develop a new theoretical link between inequality and growth. In our model, fertility and education decisions are … distribution increases the fertility differential between the rich and the poor, which implies that more weight gets placed on …. We find that this fertility-differential effect accounts for most of the empirical relationship between inequality and …