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Policy Analysis in Endogenous Fertility Model with Human Capital Accumulation

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  • Takehiro Ito

    (Tohoku Gakuin University)

  • Kazumitsu Sako

    (Hiroshima Shudo University)

  • Yurika Shiozu

    (Kyoto Sangyo University)

  • Masatoshi Jinno

    (Nanzan University)

  • Masaya Yasuoka

    (Kwansei Gakuin University)

Abstract

This paper sets up an endogenous fertility model with human capital accumulation and uses simulation analysis to evaluate how four child-care support policies ((i) child allowances, (ii) policies to subsidize childcare services, (iii) childcare leave benefits, and (iv) education subsidy policies) affect the fertility rate and the amount of human capital accumulation. This paper presents consideration of the fertility function of a constant elasticity of substitution (CES) function for child-care time and child-care services. The analysis results show that policies (i)-(iii) increase fertility in the short term, but in the long term, households' disposable income declines because of lower human capital accumulation, leading to a lower fertility rate. A policy of subsidy for education investment can raise fertility in the long run by virtue of an increase in human capital accumulation.

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  • Takehiro Ito & Kazumitsu Sako & Yurika Shiozu & Masatoshi Jinno & Masaya Yasuoka, 2024. "Policy Analysis in Endogenous Fertility Model with Human Capital Accumulation," Discussion Paper Series 268, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University.
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    Keywords

    Child Allowance; Child-Care Service; Child-Care Time; Education Investment; Endogenous Fertility;
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    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General

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