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

Jacob Louis Weisdorf

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

Jacob Louis Weisdorf

Department of Economics

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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

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Cph.
Publisher	Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 2007

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Faculty of Social Sciences
demographic transition
fertility
Malthus

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