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- Title
Subsidy Policies in a Fertility Choice Model.
- Authors
Gomez, Manuel A.
- Abstract
This paper compares the effects that a subsidy to health expenditure or a subsidy to childrearing costs has in a fertility choice model in which mortality is also endogenously determined. Whichever subsidy is instituted, the population growth rate rises. While a subsidy to health expenditure reduces welfare, a subsidy to child-rearing costs might increase welfare. The welfare analysis also suggests that a subsidy to health expenditure should be financed by a capital income tax, while a subsidy to child-rearing costs should be financed by a consumption tax. (JEL J13, I12, H51) Atlantic Econ. J., 29(4): pp. 438-449, Dec. 01. ©All Rights Reserved
- Subjects
SUBSIDIES; POPULATION; FEDERAL aid to health planning; FEDERAL aid to child development
- Publication
Atlantic Economic Journal, 2001, Vol 29, Issue 4, p438
- ISSN
0197-4254
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF02299332