Malthus Revisited: Fertility Decision Making based on Quasi-Linear Preferences
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Malthus Revisited : Fertility Decision Making based on Quasi-Linear Preferences. / Weisdorf, Jacob Louis.
Cph. : Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2007.Research output: Working paper › Research
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Malthus Revisited
T2 - Fertility Decision Making based on Quasi-Linear Preferences
AU - Weisdorf, Jacob Louis
N1 - JEL Classification: J13, N30, O10
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Malthus' (1798) population hypothesis is inconsistent with the demographic transition and the concurrent massive expansion of incomes observed among industrialised countries. This study shows that eliminating the income-effect on the demand for children from the Malthusian model makes it harmonise well with industrial development
AB - Malthus' (1798) population hypothesis is inconsistent with the demographic transition and the concurrent massive expansion of incomes observed among industrialised countries. This study shows that eliminating the income-effect on the demand for children from the Malthusian model makes it harmonise well with industrial development
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - demographic transition
KW - fertility
KW - Malthus
M3 - Working paper
BT - Malthus Revisited
PB - Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
CY - Cph.
ER -
ID: 377860