Fertility Choice Under Child Mortality and Social Norms

A cornerstone of demographic transition theory is that declines in infant and child mortality plausibly explain the onset of fertility decline in most countries. Simple versions of the Barro-Becker model of fertility choice have trouble delivering this link. We propose an extension, the inclusion of societal norms regarding family size, which, even with logarithmic preference over surviving children, can generate this link

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Bhattacharya, Joydeep ; Chakraborty, Shankha
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Soziale Norm \| Social norm \| Fertilität \| Fertility \| Kindersterblichkeit \| Child mortality \| Theorie \| Theory \| Sterblichkeit \| Mortality

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (8 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments August 20, 2010 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.1688102 [DOI]
Classification:	O40 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity. General ; I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior ; J11 - Demographic Trends and Forecasts
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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