Bounding fertility elasticities

Anson Zhou

Economics Letters, 2023, vol. 228, issue C

Abstract: I propose a technique for bounding the magnitude of fertility responses to changes in the cost of children, i.e., fertility elasticity, for any country and year. The range is consistent with empirical estimates and is more precise than current meta-analyses.

Keywords: fertility elasticity; Pro-natal policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111151

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