This paper develops multivariate methods for analyzing (1) effects of socioeconomic variables on the total fertility … rate and its components and (2) effects of socioeconomic variables on the trend in the total fertility rate and its … components. For the multivariate methods to be applicable, the total fertility rate must be calculated from parity progression …

Over the demographic transition, declining fertility leads to rising support ratios and consumption during the first … fertility falls to preserve the initial gains? Using a new cross-national data set, we estimate that a constant share of life …. Combining these, we simulate the effect of fertility variations over an exogenous demographic transition, including varying …

The objectives of this paper are, first, to provide improved estimates of recent fertility levels and trend in Nepal … and, second, to analyze the components of fertility change. The analysis is based on data from Nepal's 1996 and 2001 … Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) on which the fertility estimates are based. Fertility levels and trends are then estimated …

This paper develops multivariate methods for analyzing (1) effects of socioeconomic variables on the total fertility … rate and its components and (2) effects of socioeconomic variables on the trend in the total fertility rate and its … components. For the multivariate methods to be applicable, the total fertility rate must be calculated from parity progression …

This paper develops multivariate methods for analyzing (1) effects of socioeconomic variables on the total fertility … rate and its components and (2) effects of socioeconomic variables on the trend in the total fertility rate and its … components. For the multivariate methods to be applicable, the total fertility rate must be calculated from parity progression …

This paper examines Guangdong's fertility decline between 1975 and 2005 and analyzes how it has been influenced by both … fertility policy and economic development. Guangdong's economic development has been very rapid and has attracted huge numbers … of migrants from other provinces. The effect of this migration on Guangdong's fertility is an important part of the story …

This paper develops multivariate methods for analyzing (1) effects of socioeconomic variables on the total fertility … rate and its components and (2) effects of socioeconomic variables on the trend in the total fertility rate and its … components. For the multivariate methods to be applicable, the total fertility rate must be calculated from parity progression …

both period and cohort measures of fertility. The methodology, which can be applied to period data as well as cohort data … fertility covering all parity transitions. The five dimensions of this life table are woman's age, parity, duration in parity … of both the quantum and the tempo of fertility and child mortality. It also yields a replacement rate, which measures the …

How do high and low skilled migration affect fertility and human capital in migrants' origin countries? This question … drain induces parents to have more high and less low educated children. Under certain conditions fertility may either rise … found that increased high skilled emigration reduces fertility and fosters human capital accumulation, while low skilled …

This paper analyzes the effects of skilled migration and remittances on fertility decisions at origin. We develop an … overlapping generations model which accounts for endogenous fertility and education. Parents choose the number of children they … that, at origin, increased high skilled emigration reduces fertility and fosters human capital accumulation. …