fertility rate-- using time series methodology. I believe that I have shown that infant mortality and fertility are not … an increase in per capita real income triggers a subsequent decline in fertility.This dynamic nexus between changes in …

fertility rate and the infant mortality rate - by using time series methodology. It is shown that a fall in fertility will … decrease infant mortality below its normal level. It is also shown that fertility and infant mortality are not mutually … independent but jointly determined. Therefore, when one constructs a model of the relationship between fertility and infant …

Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for … with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their desired total fertility are more likely to make use of the …

Much of Africa has not yet gone through a "demographic transition" to reduced mortality and fertility rates. The fact … that the continent's countries remain mired in a Malthusian crisis of high mortality, high fertility, and rapid population …, econometric estimation is complicated by endogeneity among fertility and other variables of interest. We attempt to improve …

fertility rates in major U.S. cities between 1929 and 1940. We estimate the effects using a variety of specifications and … death, while contributing to increases in the general fertility rate. Estimates of the relationship between economic …

to estimate the effect of education on fertility and child mortality. Time and region varying exposure to the school … between husband and wife. We show that female education is a stronger determinant of age at marriage and early fertility than …

constrained (and therefore opt out of fertility in times of high unemployment) …

-infant mortality, and fertility. For 111 cities for which data on relief spending during the 1930s were available, we collected annual …s. Relief spending also raised general fertility rates. Our estimates suggest that the cost of saving an infant life …