Elderly labor supply and fertility decisions in aging-population economies

Masakatsu Mizuno and Akira Yakita

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 121, issue 3, 395-399

Abstract: With a longer life expectancy, individuals who plan to work when they are old may increase the number of their children. Therefore, when individuals choose the time of retirement, the fertility rate may not necessarily decline but even rise.

Keywords: Elderly labor; Fertility; Life expectancy; Heterogeneous ability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D91 J13 J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.09.022

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