Narayan, Paresh Kumar; Peng, Xiujian - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies 4 (2006) 2, pp. 165-183
This study investigates the determinants of the fertility rate in China over the 1952-2000 period. Consistent with theory, the key explanatory variables in our fertility model are real per capita income, infant mortality rate, female illiteracy and female labour force participation rates. The...