Trade and Productivity: The Family Connection Redux

Klaus Prettner; Holger Strulik

doi:10.1016/j.jmacro.2018.04.002

Trade and Productivity: The Family Connection Redux

Klaus Prettner
, Holger Strulik

Department of Economics (Crespo Cuaresma)

Publication: Scientific journal › Journal article › peer-review

Abstract

We investigate the effects of human capital accumulation and declining fertility on international trade by integrating a micro-founded education and fertility decision of households into a model of trade with firm heterogeneity. The theory implies that the export share of a country increases with the education level of its population and decreases with fertility. These implications explain the empirically observable relations between the birth rate, eduction, and the export share in OECD countries from 1960 to 2010.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	276 - 291
Journal	Journal of Macroeconomics
Volume	56
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmacro.2018.04.002
Publication status	Published - 2018

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