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Child-allowances, fertility, and uncertain lifetime

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  • Megumi Mochida

    (Kagawa University)

Abstract

We examine how child-allowance policies with pay-as-you-go systems affect fertility and growth rates. This study demonstrates that when a government initiates a child-allowance policy using some part of the pension budget, the fertility rate declines in aging economies.

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  • Megumi Mochida, 2009. "Child-allowances, fertility, and uncertain lifetime," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 29(4), pages 2712-2721.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-09-00648
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    Cited by:

    1. Michele BOLDRIN & Mariacristina DE NARDI & Larry E. JONES, 2015. "Fertility and Social Security," JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 81(3), pages 261-299, September.
    2. Masaya Yasuoka, 2013. "Can Child-Care Support Policies Halt Decreasing Fertility?," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 3(2), pages 409-419.

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    Keywords

    Uncertain lifetime; Child allowances; Fertility; Social security; Human capital;
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    JEL classification:

    • H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics

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