Fertility Choice Under Child Mortality and Social Norms

Shankha Chakraborty and Joydeep Bhattacharya

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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: Fertility; Child mortality; Demographic transition; Social norms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-02-10
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