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| Luca Gori and Luciano Fanti |
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| ''Fertility-related pensions and fertility disincentives'' |
| ( 2008, Vol. 10 No.8 ) |
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| Since recent studies have argued that a pro-natalist effect could be obtained by introducing fertility-related pension systems for contrasting, especially in European countries, the plague of below-replacement fertility and the resulting problem of financing the widespread pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension benefits, we built up an overlapping generations (OLG) general equilibrium model with endogenous fertility, to investigate whether and how a fertility-related pension reform increases population growth. We show that if the capital's share in production is high enough, such a reform, in contrast with the suggestions of the preceding literature, always reduces the long-run fertility rate. |
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JEL: J1 - Demographic Economics: General
H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General |
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| Manuscript Received : Jan 12 2008 | | Manuscript Accepted : Jun 09 2008 |
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