fertility in developing economies. Children are viewed as a means of old-age support, particularly in the rural sector, as well … in the fertility rate over time, which accords well with the experience of the Asian Tigers …

children's fertility. We use representative panel data from Germany to link observations on parents and adult children. We … retirement affects only the timing of adult children's fertility, without having an effect on total fertility …

fertility. What type of model is consistent with this finding? We explore this question using two models of fertility: one by …-age transfers. The effect of increases in government provided pensions on fertility in the Barro and Becker model is very small …, whereas the effect on fertility in the Boldrin and Jones model is sizeable and accounts for between 55 and 65% of the observed …

Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered … pension system depresses fertility. Our theoretical framework highlights that the effect of a public pension system on … fertility works via the impact of contributions in such a system on disposable income as well as via the impact on future …

critical for understanding the relationship between aggregate fertility and household savings. First, we document that parents … perceive children as an important source of old-age support and that, in partial equilibrium (PE), increased fertility lowers … aggregate fertility on household savings …

We set up an overlapping generations model with endogenous fertility to study pensions policies in an ageing economy … have negative effects on the fertility rate, thus exacerbating population ageing …

How are notional defined contribution (NDC) pension schemes and fertility correlated? How is the return rate of NDC … account determined? This study elucidates the dynamics of the correlations between NDC pension schemes and fertility by …. Unemployment exists due to efficiency wages. The theoretical analysis reveals that the fertility and NDC pension account return …