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Fertility, Inequality and Income Growth

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  • Masaya Shintani

    (Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University)

  • Masaya Yasuoka

    (School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University)

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This paper sets an endogenous fertility model with a two-sector model: one for the final goods sector and the other for child care service sector. Results of theoretical analysis indicate that the subsidy for children raises the labor share of the child care service sector and that it can increase fertility. An aging population reduces fertility and the labor share of the child care service sector. In addition to these results, we consider monetary policy effects on fertility. Results show that monetary policy can raise fertility and the labor share of the child care service sector by virtue of an increase in the pension benefit if a pay-as-you-go pension exists.

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  • Masaya Shintani & Masaya Yasuoka, 2019. "Fertility, Inequality and Income Growth," Discussion Paper Series 187, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University.
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    Keywords

    Aging Population; Fertility; Income Growth; Monetary Policy; Subsidy;
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    JEL classification:

    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • H22 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Incidence

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