Corruption, fertility, and human capital

Abstract

We build an overlapping generations model in which reproductive households face a child quantity-child quality trade-off and bureaucrats are delegated with the task of delivering public services that support the accumulation of human capital. By integrating the theoretical analyses of endogenous growth, corruption and fertility choices, we show that the negative relation between fertility and economic development may also be affected by differences in the magnitude of bureaucratic corruption.

Cultural norms, the persistence of tax evasion, and economic growth

“…There are many ways one could incorporate this cost in the framework of analysis. In order to facilitate the model's tractability and to avoid making the intuition of its mechanisms impenetrable, I follow Varvarigos and Arsenis (2015) in assuming that this cost is proportional to the individual's utility from consumption. Specifically, a tax evading individual who is eventually apprehended will enjoy utility according to…”

Corruption, mortality rates, and development: policies for escaping from the poverty trap

“…10 Similar assumptions are used in Blackburn and Sarmah (2008) and Varvarigos and Arsenis (2015). The analysis of Blackburn and Sarmah (2008) assumes that households face a mortality rate, whereas bureaucrats enjoy a whole lifetime.…”

“…The analysis of Blackburn and Sarmah (2008) assumes that households face a mortality rate, whereas bureaucrats enjoy a whole lifetime. The analysis of Varvarigos and Arsenis (2015) assumes that only households give birth and raise their children. However, as in the extended model of Varvarigos and Arsenis (2015), our results and mechanisms hold qualitatively even if we consider a case in which both households and bureaucrats raise their children.…”

“…The analysis of Varvarigos and Arsenis (2015) assumes that only households give birth and raise their children. However, as in the extended model of Varvarigos and Arsenis (2015), our results and mechanisms hold qualitatively even if we consider a case in which both households and bureaucrats raise their children. subject to these two constraints yields the optimal level of consumption and savings:…”

Human capital as a factor of the innovative development of the Volga Federal District

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