A Low
Biographic Data
| ID | 3879851 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Low |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Low |
| SIGNATURE | LÖW A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1952 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An economic analysis of the timing of childbirth
In this paper we present a new 'home economics' model of the timing of the first birth. The child-timing decision is treated as a multi-period planning problem in which the date of first birth influences both the mean and the dispersion of the household's intertemporal income distribution. Couples are assumed to use capital markets and the timing of childbirth to smooth life-cycle consumption. Optimal timing is shown to depend upon the rate at wh…
International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
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An economic analysis of the timing of childbirth
In this paper we present a new 'home economics' model of the timing of the first birth. The child-timing decision is treated as a multi-period planning problem in which the date of first birth influences both the mean and the dispersion of the household's intertemporal income distribution. Couples are assumed to use capital markets and the timing of childbirth to smooth life-cycle consumption. Optimal timing is shown to depend upon the rate at wh…
International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
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International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
An economic analysis of the timing of childbirth
In this paper we present a new 'home economics' model of the timing of the first birth. The child-timing decision is treated as a multi-period planning problem in which the date of first birth influences both the mean and the dispersion of the household's intertemporal income distribution. Couples are assumed to use capital markets and the timing of childbirth to smooth life-cycle consumption. Optimal timing is shown to depend upon the rate at wh…
Action (physics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Childbirth (1 work) · Content (measure theory (1 work) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (1 work) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (1 work) · Mathematics (1 work) · Medicine (1 work) · Obstetrics (1 work)