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Pré-Publication, Document De Travail (Working Paper) Année : 2023

The dynamics of fertility under environmental concerns

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This paper contributes to the literature interested in the new factors that may determine fertility behaviors. Many studies underlay that environmental concerns have a direct effect on households' fertility decisions. We present a dynamic model that explicitly examines this interplay, considering whether the number of children and environmental concerns may be complementary or substitutable. Interesting results occur when environmental concerns and the number of children are substitutable. At a stable steady state, a stronger effect of environmental concerns on household's preferences reduces the number of children, as also stressed by a recent literature. The dynamics can be described by an inversely Ushaped relationship between fertility and environmental indicators reflecting the impact of economic production, such as the carbon intensity, as we illustrate using data on US States. The dynamics also explain that regions with lower carbon intensity are those with lower fertility.
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hal-04305062 , version 1 (24-11-2023)

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Paolo Melindi-Ghidi, Thomas Seegmuller. The dynamics of fertility under environmental concerns. 2023. ⟨hal-04305062⟩
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