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Social Security, Endogenous Fertility and the Optimal Family Size

Review of Economics and Institutions

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Title Social Security, Endogenous Fertility and the Optimal Family Size
 
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Subject Economics
endogenous fertility, social security pensions, subvention taxation policy
J13, H55, H25
 
Description In this paper we analyzed a model of endogenous fertility in presence of financial market assets and social security pensions. Given the children externality and in the absence of corrective policy, the fertility rate chosen in market economy is too low. Indeed, in his optimal choice of family size, the representative household does not take into account of this children externality which leads to a sub optimal demography. We have shown that an optimal demographic allocation exists and can be implemented through a subvention taxation policy if it is available
 
Publisher University of Perugia
 
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Date 2013-07-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://www.rei.unipg.it/rei/article/view/103
10.5202/rei.v4i2.103
 
Source Review of Economics and Institutions; Vol 4, No 2 (2013); 8
2038-1379
2038-1344
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.rei.unipg.it/rei/article/view/103/119
 
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