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This study is the first attempt at placing the analysis of fertility in a temporal dynamic framework in the case of a … developing Asian economy such as Thailand by binding the relationship between fertility and its determinants within a … factor in bringing fertility down in the longer term cannot be denied. However, in the short to longer term, our findings …
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Female secondary school attendance has recently increased in Sub-Saharan Africa and so has the risk of becoming pregnant while attending school. Using panel data in Madagascar, we analyze the impact of teenage pregnancy on young women's human capital. We instrument early pregnancy with the young...
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higher mortality rates when more exposed to tariff declines. Consistent with the fertility-sex ratio trade-off in high son … preference societies, fertility increases for low-status women and decreases for high-status women. An exploration of the …
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The negative correlation between women's education and fertility is strongly observed across regions and time; however …, its interpretation is unclear. Women's education level could affect fertility through its impact on women's health and …
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migration affected fertility by building a decennial bilateral migration matrix between French regions for 1861-1911. The … suggest the convergence towards low birth rates can be explained by the diffusion of low-fertility norms by migrants …
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fertility rate and emigration rate are going to develop in Africa. Even modest increases in emigration from Africa would …
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We examine the extent to which recent declines in child mortality and fertility in Sub- Saharan Africa can be … difference-in-differences estimation strategy to identify the causal effect of ITNs on mortality and fertility. We show that the … ITN distribution campaigns reduced all-cause child mortality, but surprisingly increased total fertility rates in the …
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(religious) aversion to abortion among Muslims. These districts exhibit increases in fertility that offset the decrease in girl …
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fertility rate and emigration rate are going to develop in Africa. Even modest increases in emigration from Africa would …
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