Baby Boom or Bust? Changing Fertility in Post-Communist Czech Republic and Slovakia

Using micro-data from 1984 and 1993 in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, this paper estimates a dynamic stock adjustment model, relating observed drops in fertility post-Communism to new wages, prices, and risks. Earnings influence total demand for children during Communism through substitution effects for women's earnings and income effects for men's.

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Year of publication:	1996
Authors:	Chase, R.S.
Institutions:	Economic Growth Center, Economics Department
Subject:	FERTILITY \| COMMUNISM

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Series:	Yale - Economic Growth Center.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	40 pages
Classification:	J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J1 - Demographic Economics
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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