Jointly determined saving and fertility behaviour: Theory, and estimates for Germany, Italy, UK and USA

European Economic Review

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1561-1589

  Cigno, Alessandro ^a   Rosati, Furio C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Altruism; Fertility; Intergenerational transfers; Saving; Social security

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTION RATE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR; HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; JOINT DETERMINATION; POPULATION FERTILITY;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; GERMANY; INCOME; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFERS; ITALY; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; METHODOLOGY; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR--DETERMINANTS; RESEARCH; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SAVINGS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDIES; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WAGE; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EUROPE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; FERTILITY RATE; GERMANY; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFERS; ITALY; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR--DETERMINANTS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SAVINGS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THEORETICAL STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WAGES; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMERICAS; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FERTILITY; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; INCOME; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

GERMANY; ITALY; UK; USA;

EID: 0030428045     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2921(95)00046-1     Document Type: Article

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