Showing 1 - 10 of 894
The ability of households to diversify their income sources is strongly related to their capacity to cope in times of pressure, such as during economic crises. This is particularly so among the poor, who often do not have adequate resources on which to draw when under such pressures. Households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111082
characteristics. I carefully address the problem of endogenous fertility, which is common in cohort studies. Because most rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112449
The aim of this paper is to determine the significant variables in the fertility patterns of the Roma population in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113204
Building on anthropological evidence, we develop a model of intra-household decision making on fertility and child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004991286
This study explored how social pressure related to parental preference for the sex of their children affects fertility … for the post-war generation. Results suggest that social pressure related to giving birth to a son led to high fertility … in the pre-war generation; however, fertility was not influenced by social pressure in the post-war generation. This was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277862
This study explored how social pressure related to parental preference for the sex of their children affects fertility … related to giving birth to a son led to high fertility in the pre-war generation; however, fertility was not influenced by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621799
This study explored how social pressure related to parental preference for the sex of their children affects fertility … for the post-war generation. Results suggest that social pressure related to giving birth to a son led to high fertility … in the pre-war generation; however, fertility was not influenced by social pressure in the post-war generation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805049
Land related investment decisions are shaped by both the formal and informal institutions governing land tenure and acquisition. In the case of agricultural Kikuyu households in Kenya, we show that the inheritance practice of uncertain allocation in conjunction with the principle of equal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008541489
nationally representative household surveys, partially individualized consumption data collection (e. g., education and health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534247
When market structure is complete, factor demands by households will be independent of their characteristics, and households will take their production decisions as if they were profit-maximizing firms. This observation constitutes the basis for one of the most popular empirical tests for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616930