Open AccessEndogenous Fertility and Development Traps with Endogenous Lifetime
Author(s) -
Luciano Fanti,
Luca Gori
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
economics research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-2123
pISSN - 2090-2131
DOI - 10.1155/2011/726756
Subject(s) - fertility , endogeny , economics , endogenous growth theory , demographic economics , demography , economic growth , biology , endocrinology , population , sociology , human capital
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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