Economic geography and cross-region fertility revisited

Nanyang Bu and Jian Wang

Applied Economics Letters, 2023, vol. 30, issue 18, 2637-2640

Abstract: This paper reinvestigates cross-region variation of fertility rates within a country. We develop a simple model where households with heterogeneous preferences make locational and reproductive choices. Considering the congestion diseconomy associated with reproduction, we show that the greater the population size, the lower the fertility rate. Using data from Japan, we find that a doubling of population size decreases the total fertility rate by around 6.4%.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2022.2102566

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