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A Multinomial Model of Fertility Choice and Offspring Sex-Ratios in India

Chamarbagwala, Rubiana; Ranger, Martin - Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research … - 2007

Fertility decline in developing countries may have unexpected demographic consequences. Although lower fertility … between fertility outcomes and female-male offspring sex-ratios. Particularly in countries with a cultural preference for sons …, like India and China, fertility decline may deteriorate the already imbalanced sex-ratios. We use the fertility histories …

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A cross-over in Mexican and Mexican-American fertility rates

Frank, Reanne; Heuveline, Patrick - In: Demographic Research 12 (2005) 4, pp. 77-104

Against a backdrop of two new developments in the fertility behavior of the Mexican- Origin population in the U.S., the … present discussion will update contemporary Mexican-Origin fertility patterns and address several theoretical weaknesses in … the current approach to minority group fertility. Data come from six national surveys (three from Mexico and three from …

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Germany: Family diversity with low actual and desired fertility

Dorbritz, Jürgen - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 17, pp. 557-598

Germany is a low-fertility country with a rapidly ageing population, and will remain so for the foreseeable future … policy is considered to be a failure in terms of its influence on fertility. German family policy has had a traditional …

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Education and second birth rates in Denmark 1981-1994

Gerster, Mette; Keiding, Niels; Knudsen, Lisbeth B.; … - In: Demographic Research 17 (2007) 8, pp. 181-210

A high educational attainment is shown to have a positive effect on second birth rates for Danish one-child mothers during the period 1981-94. We examine whether a time-squeeze is a possible explanation: due to the longer enrolment in the educational system, highly educated women have less time...

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Fertility trends by social status

Skirbekk, Vegard - In: Demographic Research 18 (2008) 5, pp. 145-180

This article discusses how fertility relates to social status with the use of a new dataset, several times larger than … the ones used so far. The status-fertility relation is investigated over several centuries, across world regions and by … the type of status-measure. The study reveals that as fertility declines, there is a general shift from a positive to a …

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Population and housing

Mulder, Clara - In: Demographic Research 15 (2006) 13, pp. 401-412

In this paper I explore the relationship between population and housing. I argue that this relationship is two-sided. On the one hand, the size of a population, and particularly the number of households, determines the demand for housing. On the other hand, the availability of suitable and...

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On the impossibility of inferring cohort fertility measures from period fertility measures

Imhoff, Evert van - In: Demographic Research 5 (2001) 2, pp. 23-64

with this struggle, mostly restricted to the case of fertility. The central question investigated here is: given observed … cohort fertility from period fertility measures. The conclusion is that, for each method, its justifiability can be verified … only empirically: by looking at cohort fertility directly. To illustrate how this can be done, the paper analyses fertility …

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Is the Previously Reported Increase in Second- and Higher-order Birth Rates in Norway and Sweden from the mid-1970s Real or a Result of Inadequate Estimation Methods?

Kravdal, Øystein - In: Demographic Research 6 (2002) 9, pp. 241-262

According to models estimated separately for second-, third-, and fourth-birth rates in Norway, an increase took place from the mid-1970s to about 1990, given age and duration since last previous birth. A similar rise in the birth rates was seen in Sweden, except that the upturn at short...

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The impact of female employment on fertility in Dakar (Senegal) and Lomé (Togo)

Béguy, Donatien - In: Demographic Research 20 (2009) 7, pp. 97-128

This paper investigates the impact of female employment on fertility in two urban contexts in sub-Saharan Africa: Dakar … reason for fertility decline in Dakar. These findings illustrate how important it is to consider social gender-specific roles …

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Postponement and childlessness - Evidence from two British cohorts

Kneale, Dylan; Joshi, Heather - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 58, pp. 1935-1968

This paper starts by reviewing existing projections of childlessness among British men and women. Low current fertility …

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