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
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