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Income Distribution, Non-convexities and the Fertility–Income Relationship

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Docquier, Frédéric [UCL]

This paper presents a model of inequality, income determination and fertility, that is consistent with aggregated stylized facts and individual survey data on fertility and income. It shows that indivisibilities in human capital investments limit the possibility of trade-off between the quality and the quantity of children. This generates a non-monotonic relationship between income and fertility at the micro level. On the aggregate, the total fertility rate can increase or decrease with income, depending on the income distribution of the population and on the private cost of education.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2004
Language Anglais
Journal information "Economica" - Vol. 71, no. 282, p. 261-273 (2004)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ((United Kingdom) Oxford)
issn 0013-0427
e-issn 1468-0335
Publication status Publié
Affiliations University of Lille - CADRE, University of Liège - CREPP
UCL - Autre
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Bibliographic reference Docquier, Frédéric. Income Distribution, Non-convexities and the Fertility–Income Relationship. In: Economica, Vol. 71, no. 282, p. 261-273 (2004)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078/96583