Uncertain lifetime, fertility and social security

Journal of Population Economics - Tập 14 - Trang 635-640 - 2001
Akira Yakita1
1Department of Economics, Chukyo University, 101-2 Yagoto-Honmachi, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8666, Japan (Fax:+81-52-835-7198; e-mail: [email protected]), , JP

Tóm tắt

Investigating the effects of population aging on fertility and economic growth, we show that an increase in life expectancy lowers the fertility rate and raises life-cycle savings, and that a pay-as-you-go social security does not reverse the effect on fertility.