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The paper is concerned with macroeconomic aspects of fertility. Second section starts by outlining the role of population in the history of economic thought, and continues by examining the theory of demographic transition. The fourth section explores the relation between population and economic...
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The paper is concerned with the microeconomic foundations of fertility, analyzing three approaches: the Chicago approach, the Pennsylvanian approach and Julian Simon´s approach. The paper highlights the Chicago tradition that perceives children as either consumer goods or capital goods. The...
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The current record wave of immigration is a problem and does not conform to the interests of most people in Europe. Immigration is ineffective as a global development policy. The article argues in favor of an immigration that is balanced and that is in the interests of citizens in Europe rather...
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household debt has increased in the past five years. The empirical analysis presented in the paper is based on the Life Cycle … have a significant impact on household consumption, and that consumption is acutely sensitive to disposable income. Our … models further confirmed the acute effect real interest rates have on household consumption. We ultimately concluded that …
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