Why might improvements in children's public health care services lower fertility?

What will be an ideal response?


If parents have a target number of children lowering the expected mortality rate would lower planned fertility.

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A tariff has one distinct advantage over a quota. It increases tax revenues to the government.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Tax cuts aimed at businesses can stimulate

A) social spending. B) net exports. C) private consumption. D) investment spending.

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According to this Application, during the late 1980s, Argentina pegged its currency to the U.S. dollar. After 1995, the U.S. dollar appreciated sharply on world markets. Since the Argentinean peso was pegged to the U.S

dollar, the appreciation of the dollar essentially caused A) the peso to appreciate relative to the dollar, but depreciate on world markets. B) a sharp devaluation of the dollar relative to the peso. C) a severe revaluation of the peso relative to the dollar. D) the peso to also appreciate sharply on world markets.

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Refer to Figure 4-7. The figure above represents the market for iced tea. Assume that this is a competitive market. If the price of iced tea is $1, what changes in the market would result in an economically efficient output?

A) The price would increase, the quantity supplied would increase, and the quantity demanded would decrease. B) The price would increase, quantity demanded would increase, and quantity supplied would decrease. C) The quantity supplied would increase, the quantity demanded would decrease, and the equilibrium price would increase. D) The price would increase, the demand would increase, and the supply would decrease.

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