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Bequeathed tastes and fertility in an endogenous growth model

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  • Akihiko Kaneko

    (School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University)

  • Hideya Kato

    (Faculty of Economics, Ryukoku University)

  • Tsuyoshi Shinozaki

    (Faculty of Economics, Tohoku Gakuin University)

  • Mitsuyoshi Yanagihara

    (Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya University)

Abstract

In this paper, we incorporate an endogenous fertility decision into De la Croix's (1996) bequeathed tastes model under a log-linear utility function and an -type production function, following Romer (1989). We show that the presence of bequeathed tastes can explain the decline of the fertility rate that has occurred in developed economies.

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  • Akihiko Kaneko & Hideya Kato & Tsuyoshi Shinozaki & Mitsuyoshi Yanagihara, 2016. "Bequeathed tastes and fertility in an endogenous growth model," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 36(3), pages 1422-1429.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-16-00524
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    Keywords

    Overlapping generations model; Bequeathed tastes; Fertility; Endogenous growth;
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    JEL classification:

    • E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics

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