Women are facing increasing financial responsibility, while at the same time, the consumer financial world is evolving … accelerating the narrowing of these gaps. The results of the study indicate that the assumption can on longer be made that women … knowledge. This finding may indicate that women have different dispositions regarding how they use the financial resources …

We describe the use of machine learning methods in the analysis of spatial soil fertility, soil physical …

shows how fertility and women’s labor participation decisions are related and replicates countercyclical fertility. The … the change in behavior of fertility rate at business cycle frequencies in the United States between the 1970s and 1990s … and shows how the cyclical and secular properties of fertility can be used to distinguish among several proposed theories …

censuses and demographic surveys particularly the World Fertility Survey to ascertain trends in fertility and mortality. The … that fertility has increased in some countries--Kenya and Cameroon; has remained almost stable in Benin, Ivory Coast and … improvement in the socio-economic indicators i.e. education and health services; relaxation of traditional controls i …

This study investigates regional marital fertility differentials in Egypt and their relationship to the level of … Blake, 1965) underlying these regional levels and patterns of marital fertility are determined and their relation to the … birth rate in Egypt, the long term fertility and mortality levels are discussed. The prospects of a fertility transition in …

marriage behavior in determining fertility levels. Coale's parameters of the age pattern of first marriage ao, k and C are … first marriage, marital disruption and remarriage on fertility. Techniques for obtaining detailed information on the process … on fertility are discussed. …

The paper outlines a methodology that allows us to determine whether couples’ fertility is supply constrained based on … shocks (wife’s infertility) significantly raises the probability of UTG response. Based on the percentage of women giving the … UTG response, it can be concluded that fertility of many couples in Bangladesh was constrained by supply. …