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disturbances after childbirth. -- Fertility ; Lock-in effect ; Inequality ; Education …
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A large number of pairs of countries exhibit a dynamic pattern in which: (i) Fertility in both countries declines … across time; (ii) Initially one country has higher fertility and lower per-capita income compared to the other; (iii) In time …, as per-capita income converges, fertility rates in the poorer country become lower than in the richer one.This paper …
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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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This paper explores the evolution of child labor, fertility, and human capital in the process of development. In early … stages of development the economy is in a development trap where child labor is abundant, fertility is high and output per …, thereby inducing parents to substitute child education for child labor and reduce fertility. The economy takes-off to a …
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This paper explores the evolution of child labor, fertility, and human capital in the process of development. In early … stages of development the economy is in a development trap where child labor is abundant, fertility is high and output per …, thereby inducing parents to substitute child education for child labor and reduce fertility. The economy takes-off to a …
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This paper incorporates the timing of childbearing into a growth model with endogenous fertility. It analyzes a model …
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consider a small open economy model with overlapping generations, endogenous fertility and human capital formation through … public education, and look at the role the government can play in affecting fertility through the widely used child allowance … policy. Contrary to conventional view, we show that the public provision of child allowances is fertility-neutral in the long …
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consider an OLG small open economy with endogenous fertility and human capital formation through public education and look at … the role the government can play in affecting fertility rates through the widely used child allowance policy. Contrary to … the conventional wisdom, we show that child allowances do not affect fertility. The policy implication is that the public …
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