Variations in Fertility - a Consequense of Other Factors Besides Love?

Åsa Löfström () and Thomas Westerberg ()
Additional contact information
Åsa Löfström: Department of Economics, Umeå University, Postal: S 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
Thomas Westerberg: Department of Economics, Umeå University, Postal: S 901 87 Umeå, Sweden

No 681, Umeå Economic Studies from Umeå University, Department of Economics

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to discuss possible explanations for the

variation in the Swedish fertility rate. We are primarily interested in

economic and social conditions and their impact on the total fertility rate

between 1965 and 2003. The results from the study support a positive

e¤ect on fertility from the female labour market participation and child

allowance while divorces report a negative e¤ect on fertility. The model

including level as well as di¤erences in the variables has been found to

give the best results.

Keywords: Total fertility rate; Economics; Sweden; Time-series (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D19 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: Written 2006-05-24
View list of references View citations in EconPapers

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.econ.umu.se/ues/Ues681.pdf (application/pdf)
http://www.econ.umu.se/ues/Ues681.zip (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Umeå Economic Studies from Umeå University, Department of Economics
Address: Department of Economics, Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
Contact information at EDIRC.
Series data maintained by Kjell-Göran Holmberg ().