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Abstract: We jointly analyze infant mortality, birth spacing, and total fertility of children in a rural area in … estimated models show how fertility and mortality can be reduced by, for example, breaking the causal link that leads to a short … that if families would behave as if their all children were sons, fertility levels would be reduced by 3.5% and 5.7% in the …
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straightforward because of several mechanisms linking family planning, birth intervals, total fertility, and child survival. This … study uses a dynamic model jointly explaining infant mortality, whether contraceptives are used after each birth, and birth … intervals. Infant mortality is determined by the preceding birth interval and other covariates (such as socio-economic status …
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substantial reductions in newborn mortality. We provide suggestive evidence that proximity to medical technologies may be an …
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This paper models the effect of a HIV/AIDS epidemic on saving behavior and studies the welfare effects of testing for HIV. The model specifies a utility function that includes both regular consumption, and medical expenditures. Medical expenditures generate more utility if individuals are HIV...
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in opposing forces on savings: mortality increases, which reduces savings, and long-term illness risk increases, which … increased mortality decreases the amount of savings and that having a high perception of HIV contamination risk increases …
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affected over time by various demographic changes.It is shown that a proportional decline in fertility and death rates has … rise to an increase in per capita savings.Finally, a fertility rate reduction which leaves unaffected the rate of …
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" and "quality" of offspring. According to this theoretical model, the overall impact of mortality shocks on fertility is …Abstract: The effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on fertility in Africa remains ill understood. To align the contrasting … fertility impacts are conditional on income levels. We use African panel data to test the implications of the model, and find …
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In this contribution the authors show that development assistance targeting reproductive health overwhelmingly concentrates on HIV/AIDS at the expense of family planning elements. Data on financial contributions disbursed by governments and private foundations are used as collected by the...
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From 1977-2001, 15 US states mandated health insurance providers to offer coverage for infertility treatment. Although the majority of the past literature has studied impacts on older women who are likely to seek treatment, this paper proposes that the mandates may have had a wider impact on the...
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