Child-allowances, fertility, and uncertain lifetime

Megumi Mochida ()
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Megumi Mochida: Kagawa University

Economics Bulletin, 2009, vol. 29, issue 4, 2712-2721

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.

Keywords: Uncertain lifetime; Child allowances; Fertility; Social security; Human capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H3 J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-10-28
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