Fertility choice under child mortality and social norms

dc.contributor.author	Chakraborty, Shankha
dc.contributor.author	Bhattacharya, Joydeep
dc.contributor.department	Department of Economics (LAS)
dc.date	2018-02-17T17:21:51.000
dc.date.accessioned	2020-06-30T02:13:17Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-30T02:13:17Z
dc.date.issued	2012-02-10
dc.description.abstract	<p>In most demographic transitions, declines in child mortality precede declines in net fertility rates. Variants of the Barro-Becker model of fertility fail to deliver this link. A simple extension, the inclusion of social norms regarding fertility, generates the desired effect.</p>
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dc.subject.disciplines	Economics
dc.subject.keywords	fertility
dc.subject.keywords	child mortality
dc.subject.keywords	demographic transition
dc.subject.keywords	social norms
dc.title	Fertility choice under child mortality and social norms
dc.type	working paper
dc.type.genre	working paper
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