The Love for Children Hypothesis and the Multiplicity of Fertility Rates
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- Melindi-Ghidi, Paolo & Seegmuller, Thomas, 2019. "The love for children hypothesis and the multiplicity of fertility rates," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 89-100.
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Keywords
fertility; love for children; expectations; endogenous growth; balanced growth path;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
- D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EVO-2017-05-07 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-GRO-2017-05-07 (Economic Growth)
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