EXPLAINING INTERNATIONAL FERTILITY DIFFERENCES

被引：41
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作者：
Manuelli, Rodolfo E. [1 ]
Seshadri, Ananth
机构：
[1] Washington Univ, Dept Econ, St Louis, MO 63130 USA
来源：
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS | 2009年 / 124卷 / 02期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
ECONOMIC-GROWTH; INTERTEMPORAL SUBSTITUTION; RISK-AVERSION; MORTALITY; CONSUMPTION; LIFETIME; DECLINE; CHOICE; INCOME;
D O I：
10.1162/qjec.2009.124.2.771
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
Why do fertility rates vary so much across countries? Why are European fertility rates so much lower than American fertility rates? To answer these questions we extend the Barro-Becker framework to incorporate the decision to accumulate human capital (which determines earnings) and health capital (which determines life span). We find that cross-country differences in productivity and taxes go a long way toward explaining the observed differences in fertility and mortality.
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页码：771 / 807
页数：37
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