A Quantitative Analysis of Swedish Fertility Dynamics: 1751-1990
Zvi Eckstein (),
Pedro Mira and
K.I. Wolpin
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Abstract:
This paper analyzes the relationship between age-specific fertility, mortality and real wages in Sweden during the demographic transition. We take an overlapping generations model of life cycle fertility and fit it to actual Swedish time-series data over the past two and a half centuries. The model fits the data well, accurately portraying the total fertility decline for more than four children per female before the mid-19'th century to about two children today.
Keywords: FERTILITY; MORTALITY; WAGES; MODELS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 C51 J13 J14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 1997
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