This paper projects the effects of exogenous fertility changes in Turkey on the age structure of population and the … and the fertility rate are endogenous. The calibrated version of the model delivers three important results: First …. Third, even under an increasing rate of technological progress, a permanent upward shift in fertility levels would imply …

This paper is in two parts. Part I is essentially a comparison with the results of the Pakistan Fertility Survey(1970 …-75) and basically a few themes have been thrown up. One is whether the 12-percent decline in fertility claimed by the PFS can … substantiated or refuted or made inconsistent with this four-in-one venture of Migration, Fertility and so forth. Part II goes into …

The main focus of this paper is to investigate the long run co-integration and short run dynamics between fertility … decline and development indicators in Pakistan. Bound Testing approach (ARDL) and VECM are applied on annual time series data … that long run co-integration and short run dynamics exist between total fertility rate and Human Development Indicators …

precautionary motive for the demand for children so that fertility of prudent parents is expected to increase. …

Total fertility rates in Sub-Saharan Africa are nearly double that of any other region in the world. Evidence is mixed … on whether providing contraceptives has an impact on fertility. I exploit exogenous, intermittent reductions in … poor women experience increases in realized fertility of 7-10%. …

(output per capita) on fertility rate in the Philippines. Specifically, this presents the trend of income inequality (ineq …), labor productivity (lp) and fertility(tfr) in the Philippines from 1985 to 2009. The study uses Ordinary Least Square (OLS … negative relationship with fertility. Hence, an increase in this variable decreases fertility rate. This means that income …

This paper focuses on the evolution of child labour, fertility and human capital in an economy characterized by two … labour and fertility decisions. Furthermore, we investigate how child labour regulation policies can influence the welfare of …