We examine how subsidy policies to support child-rearing affect the fertility rate in a textbook general equilibrium overlapping generations model extended to account for endogenous fertility decisions of individuals. It is shown the counter-intuitive result that increasing the child grant may actually reduce the long-run fertility rate.
Autori interni: | GORI, LUCA (Corresponding) |
Autori: | Fanti, Luciano; Gori, Luca |
Titolo: | Labour income taxation, child-rearing policies and fertility |
Anno del prodotto: | 2007 |
Abstract: | We examine how subsidy policies to support child-rearing affect the fertility rate in a textbook general equilibrium overlapping generations model extended to account for endogenous fertility decisions of individuals. It is shown the counter-intuitive result that increasing the child grant may actually reduce the long-run fertility rate. |
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