Endogenous Fertility, International Migration and Growth

Giam Pietro Cipriani

No 17/2005, Working Papers from University of Verona, Department of Economics

Abstract: An endogenous growth model with heterogeneous agents and endogenous rates of fertility is developed to study the relationships between population growth, human capital, migration and economic development. A variety of patterns of migration, from the migration of the unskilled to the brain drain is considered, where the decision to migrate reflects agents' optimising behaviour. The analysis yields implications which accord with the empirical evidence on the relationships between demography and development. Macroeconomic policy can foster growth by influencing labour mobility through taxation and the provision of public goods such as social infrastructure, sanitation, environmental control and medical research that affect locational preferences and child quality.

Keywords: Fertility; human capital; migration; growth. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J24 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22
Date: 2005-03
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