Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Chakraborty, Shankha - In: Economics Letters 115 (2012) 3, pp. 338-341
In most demographic transitions, declines in child mortality precede declines in net fertility rates. Variants of the Barro–Becker model of fertility fail to deliver this link. A simple extension, the inclusion of social norms regarding fertility, generates the desired effect.