Malthus Revisited: Fertility Decision Making based on Quasi-Linear Preferences

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 -