Endogenous fertility and development traps with endogenous lifetime

We extend the literature on endogenous lifetime and economic growth by Chakraborty (2004) and Bunzel and Qiao (2005) to endogenous fertility. It is shown that development traps due to under investments in health can never appear when fertility is an economic decision variable.

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Year of publication:	2010-10-23
Authors:	Fanti, Luciano ; Gori, Luca
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	Endogenous fertility \| Health \| Life expectancy \| OLG model

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; O40 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity. General ; I10 - Health. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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