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Family planning and women's and children's health: Long term consequences of an outreach program in Matlab, Bangladesh
Joshi, Shareen; Schultz, T. Paul - 2012
declines in fertility of about 17%. Household data from 1996 confirm that this decline in surviving fertility persisted for … Bangladesh have many dimensions extending well beyond fertility reduction, which do not appear to dissipate after two decades. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282602
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Do Couples Bargain over Fertility? Evidence Based on Child Preference Data
Hener, Timo - 2010
over fertility. Furthermore, we find that the ability to commit to household resource allocations depends on the gender of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600965
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Do Couples Bargain over Fertility? Evidence Based on Child Preference Data
Hener, Timo - 2010
heterogeneous and homogeneous preferences derivedfrom household models. Our results indicate that couples bargain over fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312110
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Income distribution and macroeconomics revisited: The role of fertility adjustment
Nakagawa, Masao; Sugimoto, Yoshiaki - 2009
This paper develops a theory in which households prepare for future education by adjusting the number of children they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332195
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Optimal Fertility Decisions in a Life Cycle Model
Rees, Ray; Scholz, Sebastian - 2010
of children delays the timing. The model can be used to predict upper bound fertility rates, when the expected divorce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427587
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Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health Outcomes, Utilization and Access to Services by Asset Quintile: New Evidence from the FPS and MCHS
Orbeta, Aniceto C.; Cuenca, Janet S.; del Prado, Fatima; … - 2003
This paper addresses the lack of information on the disparity of outcomes, utilization and access to Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health services by socioeconomic classes. Household statistics on these services by asset class are presented in this paper. The asset classes were derived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429713
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Population dynamics and economic growth: Should we adopt different frameworks for poor and rich countries?
Brezis, Elise S. - 2011
children's health. The main result of this paper is that the correlation between economic growth and fertility rates runs in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335997
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Social capital and fertility intentions: The case of Italy, Bulgaria, and West Germany
Di Giulio, Paola; Bühler, Christoph; Ette, Andreas; … - 2012
the lowest fertility rates in Europe. However, they differ in the level of public support for families and the role of … more comprehensive account of the work strategy of the mothers in the context of the current Italian labour market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352557
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Doing science, forgoing childbearing? Evidence from a sample of female scientists in Austria
Buber, Isabella; Berghammer, Caroline; Prskawetz, Alexia - 2011
by prior research. This study investigates how female scientists' fertility behaviour relates to their childbearing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352573
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Wissenschaftlerinnen in Österreich: Zusatzerhebung im Rahmen des GGS. Dokumentation der Datenerhebung und deskriptive Ergebnisse
Buber, Isabella - 2010
the sample. Up to now, very little was known about the fertility behaviour of academic women in Austria, but also in other … modern societies. The current sample - although very selective - will allow new insights in the fertility behaviour and in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352584