Gozgor, Giray; Bilgin, Mehmet Huseyin; Rangazas, Peter C. - 2021
In this paper, we conduct an empirical study of how uncertainty alters fertility behavior. The precautionary motive for … saving predicts that an increase in income uncertainty increases saving by reducing both consumption and fertility. We … examine this prediction using a new measure of economic uncertainty, the World Uncertainty Index and focus on data from 126 …