Malthus revisited: Fertility decision making based on quasi-linear preferences

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Malthus revisited : Fertility decision making based on quasi-linear preferences. / Weisdorf, Jacob Louis.

In: Economics Letters, Vol. 99, No. 1, 2008, p. 127-130.

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Weisdorf, JL 2008, 'Malthus revisited: Fertility decision making based on quasi-linear preferences', Economics Letters, vol. 99, no. 1, pp. 127-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.06.010

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Weisdorf, J. L. (2008). Malthus revisited: Fertility decision making based on quasi-linear preferences. Economics Letters, 99(1), 127-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.06.010

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Weisdorf JL. Malthus revisited: Fertility decision making based on quasi-linear preferences. Economics Letters. 2008;99(1):127-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.06.010

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Weisdorf, Jacob Louis. / Malthus revisited : Fertility decision making based on quasi-linear preferences. In: Economics Letters. 2008 ; Vol. 99, No. 1. pp. 127-130.

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abstract = "Malthus' (1798) population hypothesis is inconsistent with the demographic transitions and the massive income expansion observed among industrialised countries. The current study shows that eliminating the income-effect on the demand for children from Malthus' theory makes consistent with industrial development.",
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