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Beauty, Polygyny, and Fertility: Theory and Evidence
Cahu, Paul; Fall, Falilou; Pongou, Roland - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We propose a simple model of a mating economy in both monogamous and polygynous cultures, and derive implications for how polygyny affects individual and aggregate fertility. We find that an attractive woman is more likely to find a high-status husband. However, when polygyny is allowed,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109266
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Effects of sex preference and social pressure on fertility in changing Japanese families
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This study explored how social pressure related to parental preference for the sex of their children affects fertility. Pre-war and post-war generations were compared using individual level data previously collected in Japan in 2002. In the pre-war generation, if the first child was a daughter,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277862
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Effects of sex preference and social pressure on fertility in changing Japanese families
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This study explored how social pressure related to parental preference for the sex of their children affects fertility. Pre-war and post-war generations were compared using individual level data previously collected in Japan in 2002. In the pre-war generation, if the first child was a daughter,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621799
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I Would if I Could: Precarious Employment and Childbearing Intentions in Italy
Modena, Francesca; Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper carries out an investigation into the socio-economic determinants of childbearing decisions made by couples in Italy. The analysis accounts for the characteristics of both possible parents. Our results do not support established theoretical predictions according to which the increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684879
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Effects of sex preference and social pressure on fertility in changing Japanese families
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This study explored how social pressure related to parental preference for the sex of their children affects fertility. Pre-war and post-war generations were compared using individual level data previously collected in Japan in 2002. In the pre-war generation, if the first child was a daughter,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805049
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The Impact of Schooling on the Timing of Marriage and Fertility: Evidence from a Change in Compulsory Schooling Law
Kirdar, Murat G.; Dayıoğlu, Meltem; Koç, İsmet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper estimates the impact of schooling on the timing of marriage and early fertility using the 2003 Turkish Demographic and Health Survey and duration analysis methodology. The source of exogenous variation in schooling is the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey in 1997. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787148
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Weather, fertility, and land: land curse in economic development in a unified growth theory
He, Qichun - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We consider fertility choice and weather in analyzing the effect of farmland abundance in economic development. We find that quality-adjusted agricultural land abundance may confer a type of "resource curse", in that it prolongs the tenure of an economy in the Malthusian regime. This lends new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644931
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Teen Mothers and Culture
Marcén, Miriam; Bellido, Héctor - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper studies the impact of culture on the fertility decisions of adolescent women. To identify this effect, we … impact of culture. Our results show that culture has quantitatively significant impacts on the fertility decisions of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257775
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Migration, Social Security, and Economic Growth
Chen, Hung-Ju; Fang, I-Hsiang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
international migration. Fertility is endogenized so that immigrants and natives can have different fertility rates. Fertility is an … replacement ratio) is high enough, the growth rate of GDP per worker for an economy with international migration will be higher … than for a closed economy. Regarding migration policies, our numerical results indicate that economic growth rate of GDP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004215
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Fertility Levels, Trends and Differentials in Pakistan: Evidence from the Population, Labour Force and Migration Survey 1979-80
Alam, Iqbal; Mohammad, Irfan; Farooqi, Naseem Iqbal; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1983
"Population, Labour Force and Migration" (PLM) Survey of 1979; and (2) to compare its findings, wherever necessary, with those of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113019