Family Planning and Development
Aggregate Effects of Contraceptive Use
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9714294 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tiago Cavalcanti (0000-0002-9627-4756, University of Cambridge, CEPR and Sao Paulo School of Economics - FGV, Brazil), Georgi Kocharkov (Deutsche Bundesbank), Cezar Santos (0000-0001-9713-9698, Bank of Portugal, FGV EPGE and CEPR, Brazil, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 131 |
| Issue | 634 |
| Pages | 624-657 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ej/ueaa070 |
| OpenAlex | W3033371197 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 36 |
What is the role of family planning interventions on fertility, savings, human capital investment and development? To examine this, endogenous unwanted fertility is embedded in an otherwise standard quantity–quality overlapping generations model of fertility and growth. The model features costly fertility control and families can (partially) insure against a fertility risk by using costly modern contraceptives. In the event of unexpected pregnancies, households can also opt to abort some pregnancies, at a cost. Given the number of children born, parents decide how much education to provide and how much to save out of their income. We fit the model to Kenyan data, implement several family planning policies and decompose their aggregate effects. Our results suggest that with a small government budget (say, up to 0.5% of GDP), family planning interventions might be more cost-effective in improving long-run living standards than policies that subsidise basic education
Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family planning · Fertility · Human capital · Investment (military · Labour economics · Politics · Population · Psychological intervention · Public economics · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |