The Price of Another Child

A03

Labour-market value of a birth

GSX:POP-006:A03 · Model assumption · Version 1.0

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Discounted to birth, an additional person's lifetime production is worth R1.45 million in a weak labour market, R3.73 million in an average one, and R5.83 million in a strong one. Government also pays for education, health, services, and old age.

Sensitivity: high. Provenance: Manuscript fiscal-value cases.

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