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The Long-Run Impact on Population and Income of Open Access to Land in a Model with Parental Altruism

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Jon D. Harford (Cleveland State University)
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Steady state levels of population and per capita income are examined using a Becker-Barro (1988) style of model of an economy with identical altruistic parents bearing costly children who receive bequests of capital and land. Inspired by the work of North (1981) and others, the problem of open access land with ancillary negative effects on private (but not public) productivity of capital is examined. It is seen that open access to land can lead to overpopulation in a ceteris paribus sense, and yet yield a steady-state population below that which would exist in a regime of complete private property rights, a situation with higher stead-state utility. A specific example is explored to illustrate the relationships between the steady-state levels of endogenous variables and parameter values.

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Volume (Year): 26 (2000)
Issue (Month): 4 (Fall)
Pages: 419-429
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Keywords: Altruism; Bequests; Population;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism
O41 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends and Forecasts

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