Fertility And Social Security
- Topics:
- Social Security
- Tags:
- Benefits,
- University Of Minnesota,
- Software,
- Social Security,
- Pension,
- Payroll Solutions,
- Human Resources,
- Government,
- Enterprise Software,
- Children,
- ...
- Source:
- University of Minnesota
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Overview: The data show that an increase in government provided old-age pensions is strongly correlated with a reduction in fertility. What type of model is consistent with this finding? We explore this question using two models of fertility, the one by Barro and Becker (1989), and the one inspired by Caldwell and developed by Boldrin and Jones (2002). In the Barro and Becker model parents have children because they perceive their children's lives as a continuation of their own. In the Boldrin and Jones' framework parents procreate because the children care about their old parents' utility, and thus provide them with old age transfers. The effect of increases in government provided pensions on fertility in the Barro and Becker model is very small, and inconsistent with the empirical findings.
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Format: PDF | Size: 547KB | Date: Jan 2005 | Pages: 45
