Factors Affecting Fertility – New Evidence from Malaysia

Awad Atif () and Yussof Ishak ()
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Awad Atif: University of Sharjah, College of Business, Department of Finance and Economics, Sharjah, Malaysia
Yussof Ishak: The National University of Malaysia, School of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Bangi, Malaysia

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 2017, vol. 36, issue 36, 7-20

Abstract: This research paper investigates long and short term determinants of fertility rates in Malaysia based on basic macroeconomic variables for the period 1980-2014 using Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) method. The study reveals that over a long term period, all the selected variables (GDP, infant mortality rate, females’ education and employment) have had significant and negative impact on total fertility rates. Whilst during the short term period, only the infant mortality rate has had a positive impact. Since population growth is partly determined by fertility rates, efforts to increase population in Malaysia should consider factors that affect those rates.

Keywords: fertility; mortality; population growth; economic growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1515/bog-2017-0011

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