Fertility choice under child mortality and social norms

Joydeep Bhattacharya and Shankha Chakraborty

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 115, issue 3, 338-341

Abstract: In most demographic transitions, declines in child mortality precede declines in net fertility rates. Variants of the Barro–Becker model of fertility fail to deliver this link. A simple extension, the inclusion of social norms regarding fertility, generates the desired effect.

Keywords: Child mortality; Fertility; Demographic transition; Social norms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 J11 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.11.029

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