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Health Surveys, we find suggestive evidence that increased exposure to TV affects in particular fertility preferences and …We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian … results suggest that the subsequent effects on fertility account for about 18 to 24 percent of the overall decline in the …
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administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …
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administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014276962
income shocks. Identification relies on fertility differences between farm and non-farm households within counties and over … time. The results suggest that in areas with a high variance in rainfall the fertility differential between farm households … other relevant forces such as income, education and children’s survival as well as the spatial correlation in fertility …
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Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility … transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition …. We create a unique panel data set combining Demographic and Health Surveys, Household Income Surveys, and nighttime light …
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Fertility is a main driver and outcome of long-term growth. Yet, fertility may not only interact with the level of … income but also with its volatility. In pre-modern economies where formal social security was largely absent, fertility … transition in the United States covering the period 1870 to 1930 and explore whether variation in fertility among American …
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administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0 7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014350643
Fertility is a main driver and outcome of long-term growth. Yet, fertility may not only interact with the level of … income but also with its volatility. In pre-modern economies where formal social security was largely absent, fertility … transition in the United States covering the period 1870 to 1930 and explore whether variation in fertility among American …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979443
Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility … transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition …. We create a unique panel data set combining Demographic and Health Surveys, Household Income Surveys, and nighttime light …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014254441
of the fertility transition. We also find suggestive evidence for a complementary role of access to health insurance … fertility transition has not much advanced in most countries in that region. We explore whether the lack of structural change … can explain this slow transition. For this end, we analyze the determinants of fertility transitions across the developing …
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