A Spatial Panel Data Analysis of Fertility Rates: Unraveling Two Myths

Yosuke Sasaki and Takashi Kamihigashi
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Yosuke Sasaki: Center for Computational Social Science and Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, JAPAN

No DP2022-13, Discussion Paper Series from Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University

Abstract: This paper analyzes the relationship between total fertility rates and other socio-economic variables. The main results are against two myths: rural areas have higher total fertility rates than urban ones, and economic inequality harms total fertility rates. The key is a spatial panel data analysis with the lag between inception and birth. Here, spatial panel data analysis improves the effciency of explanatory variables, and the lag produces a different result from former papers.

Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2022-03
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