Over the past ten years economic growth in Asia has contributed to a reduction of poverty as well as fertility rates …

fertility behavior and productivity growth. They present theoretical arguments to the effect that public pension coverage as … such will reduce aggregate fertility and may raise aggregate household savings. They argue further that public pensions, as … the policies under discussion. Their policy proposals to address declines in fertility and productivity growth include the …

An analysis of the effect of public pension schemes on a country's fertility rate and a proposal for policies to reform …