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Age of Marriage and Fertility. A Policy Review

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  • DENNIS N. DE TRAY

    (Patciatan Institute of Development Economics,)

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The average age at which women marry and the number of children they produce tend to be negatively correlated. This negative relationship has received a good deal of attention from social scientists over the past several decades, and it has on occasion been suggested that if governments could find a way to raise the average age of marriage, the result would be a significant reduction in completed fertility. I Since reduction of population growth rates is an explicit policy of many developing nations, particularly Pakistan, it seems worth taking a closer look at age of marriage as a policy tool.

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  • Dennis N. De Tray, 1977. "Age of Marriage and Fertility. A Policy Review," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 16(1), pages 89-100.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:16:y:1977:i:1:p:89-100
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    1. Dennis De Tray, 1979. "The Demand for Children in a "Natural Fertility" Population," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 18(1), pages 55-67.

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