Complements versus substitutes and trends in fertility choice in dynastic models

LE Jones, A Schoonbroodt - International Economic Review, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Demographers emphasize decreased mortality and “economic development” as the main
contributors generating the demographic transition. Contrary to previous findings, we show …

Family policies: What does the standard endogenous fertility model tell us?

T Baudin - Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Very few studies have explored the optimality properties of the “standard model” of fertility
where parents must determine their optimal trade‐off between quality and quantity. The …

The optimal trade-off between quality and quantity with unknown number of survivors

T Baudin - Mathematical Population Studies, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In a model of endogenous fertility where individuals know the probability of child survival but
not the final number of survivors, parents do not always formulate a precautionary demand …

[PDF][PDF] The optimal trade-off between quality and quantity with uncertain child survival

T Baudin - Workshop on Optimal Fertility in Ageing Societies, 2010 - thomasbaudin.fr
The present paper investigates a standard model of endogenous fertility when child survival
to adulthood is uncertain. In this framework, I first show that facing the risk their children die …

[引用][C] A contribution to the economic theory of fertility