This paper examines one avenue through which female autonomy impinges on fertility and child mortality in developing … decisions of a couple regarding fertility and allocation of resources for the healthcare of their children are made within a … point utility of mothers is shown to reduce fertility and also to reduce child mortality rates. Paradoxically, the increase …

probability of abortion. Our results lend some support for the proposition that reducing incremental AFDC benefits will decrease …

This study is the first attempt at placing the analysis of fertility in a temporal dynamic framework in the case of a … developing Asian economy such as Thailand by binding the relationship between fertility and its determinants within a … factor in bringing fertility down in the longer term cannot be denied. However, in the short to longer term, our findings …

Effects of sex preference on investments in children`s human capital, bequests and fertility are studied, with and …

-term morbidity. We propose a quantity–quality model of fertility choice under uncertainty that emphasizes morbidity and mortality … from infectious disease. The fertility response to a decline in child mortality depends on the morbidity effect of the … disease, the prevalence rate, and whether the prevalence or case fatality rate declines. Fertility follows mortality and …

In India, many parents follow son-preferring fertility-stopping rules. Stopping rules affect both the number of … of excess female child mortality. Another implication of the research is that the use of sex-selective abortion may lower …

This paper considers the implications of the financing of government services to children when fertility decisions are … biased away from the socially preferred result. The bias results in higher fertility rates and lower economic growth rates …