Optimal Child Allowances with Heterogeneous Fertilities

A child-allowance system is to raise fertility beyond the individual optimum. The more heterogeneous the population with respect to rearing costs, however, the stronger are the redistribution and polarization.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Simonovits, András
Publisher:	Budapest : Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
Subject:	Child allowance \| Endogenous fertility \| Heterogeneous fertility

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Series:	IEHAS Discussion Papers ; MT-DP - 2014/1
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
ISBN:	978-615-5447-09-9
Other identifiers:	77650312X [GVK] hdl:10419/108331 [Handle] RePEc:has:discpr:1401 [RePEc]
Classification:	J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Source:	EconStor

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