Social norms, inequality and fertility

Hideaki Goto ()
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Hideaki Goto: Cornell University

Economics Bulletin, 2008, vol. 10, issue 13, 1-9

Abstract: We explore the short-run and long-run effects on fertility of inequality with regard to human capital when the individual's fertility decision is influenced by average fertility in the economy. We find simple conditions under which a mean-preserving spread in the distribution of human capital helps decrease fertility and increase future average human capital.

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Date: 2008-11-14
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