A note on endogenous fertility, child allowances and poverty traps

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2012
Volume: 117
Issue: 3
Pages: 722-726

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This study analyses how capital accumulation and fertility react to a child allowance policy in an overlapping generations model of growth with endogenous fertility. Multiple equilibria are shown to exist depending on the size of the child allowance.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:117:y:2012:i:3:p:722-726
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25