Estimating saving and fertility simultaneously by the VAR method, we find that social security coverage has a positive … effect on household saving, and a negative effect on fertility. In Germany, as in other countries where the hypothesis was …. However, the negative effect of social security on fertility tends to erode the system's own contributory base, because it …

There is evidence that fertility is positively correlated with infant mortality, and that a child`s chance of surviving … parental decisions as a problem of choice under uncertainty, the paper shows that fertility and infant mortality are most … improve with the amount they spend for the health, nutrition, etc. of each child that they put into the world, then fertility …

of them leave the labor market via disability retirement. Injured workers who manage to stay in employment incur …