The macroeconomics of fertility in small open economies: A test of the Becker-Barro model for the Netherlands and New Zealand

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-100

  Poot, Jacques ^a   Siegers, Jacques J ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Altruism; Dynastic utility; Fertility; Real interest rates; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035531545     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050160     Document Type: Article

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