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100			_aHashimoto, Hiroyuki _9122144
245		0	_aDoes an urban childcare policy improve the nurturing environment in a city?
260			_bAsia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science
260			_c2024
300			_a85-109
520			_aPrevious theoretical studies on economic development and demographics have discussed the impacts of childcare policies but have not specifically addressed the relationships between population concentration in urban areas and fertility rates. While many studies focus on population size and density in regions and countries to understand regional economies, few studies explore the effects of childcare policies on demographics. Therefore, we investigated the effects of regional childcare policies on population migration and regional and total fertility rates. Our study presents a two-region overlapping generations model with the following findings: (1) increasing the tax rate to enhance urban childcare facilities leads to a short-term increase in the urban population proportion and restructures the economy to support urban area population concentration. (2) With a constant tax rate, the dispersion economy declines in total fertility as it develops, while the agglomeration economy sees an increase in total fertility during development. This model can clearly highlight the effects of policies aimed at addressing the shortage of childcare facilities in urban areas.
650			_a Regional Migration _9122145
650			_a Standby Probability _9122146
650			_a Waitlisted Children _9122147
650			_aChildcare Policy _9122148
700			_a Naito, Tohru _9122149
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s41685-023-00316-4
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