Fertility Regulation in an Economic Crisis

Fertility Regulation in an Economic Crisis.

Substantial international aid is spent reducing the cost of contraception in developing countries, as part of a larger effort to reduce global fertility and increase investment per child worldwide. The importance for fertility behaviors of keeping contraceptive prices low, however, remains unclear. Targeting of subsidies and insufficient price variation have hindered prior attempts to estimate ...

Institutional Choice in an Economic Crisis

Crisis in Venezuela: A Politico Economic Understanding

More than five years down the line Venezuela had been slipping into an economic cri-sis. An economy wholly dependent on the sale of oil and no diversification of economic production is sure to face such a crisis. The fluctuation in oil prices is sure to hurt the market and the economy. To make matters worse, Venezuela now faces a political crisis with two individuals claiming themselves to be P...

An economic framework for fertility analysis.

The standard formulation of the microeconomic theory of fertility, which emphasizes the demand for children and, to a lesser extent, the costs of fertility control, is too limited in its scope for use by most demographers and sociologists. The approach advanced in this paper adds to the usual theory a more explicit and formal treatment of the production of children, including the possibility of...

Economic Crisis and Economic Theory

Two dynamic general equilibrium economies compete in explaining the United States’interwar business cycles. Despite the demand driven contender’s slight advantages, the results remain too close to call a clear winner.