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Economic Influences On Birth Rates

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The idea that economic developments can affect births is an old one, going back to Malthus' Essay on Population in the early 19th century. In more recent times, the economic analysis of fertility was resurrected by Becker (1960) and developed by Easterlin (1980), Willis (1973), Becker (1981) and others. This article reports on an application of this economic approach to the analysis of fluctuations in births in Britain during the post-war period, building on previous work by De Cooman, Ermisch and Joshi (1987).
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  • John Ermisch, 1988. "Economic Influences On Birth Rates," National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 126(1), pages 71-92, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:niesru:v:126:y:1988:i:1:p:71-92
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    1. Max Haller & Regina Ressler, 2005. "Schlechte Arbeitsmarktchancen von Jugendlichen verringern die Geburtenrate," Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft - WuG, Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien, Abteilung Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Statistik, vol. 31(4), pages 583-590.
    2. Lifang Yan & Wenzhong Ye, 2023. "How Do House Prices and Financial Expenditure Affect Birth Rate? New Evidence from the Dynamic Threshold Panel Model," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-17, February.
    3. Sarah Irwin, 2000. "‘Reproductive Regimes: Changing Relations of Inter-dependence and Fertility Change’," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 5(1), pages 85-98, May.
    4. Amitai Etzioni, 2014. "Crossing the Rubicon," Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(2), pages 65-79.
    5. Chiara Ludovica Comolli, 2017. "The fertility response to the Great Recession in Europe and the United States: Structural economic conditions and perceived economic uncertainty," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 36(51), pages 1549-1600.
    6. Nathan Seltzer, 2019. "Beyond the Great Recession: Labor Market Polarization and Ongoing Fertility Decline in the United States," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 56(4), pages 1463-1493, August.
    7. Steven Pressman, 2011. "The Middle Class in Less Developed American Nations," LIS Working papers 557, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    8. Steven Pressman, 2009. "Keynes, Family Allowances and Post Keynesian Anti-Poverty Policy," LIS Working papers 525, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    9. Cigno, Alessandro & Rosati, Furio C., 1996. "Jointly determined saving and fertility behaviour: Theory, and estimates for Germany, Italy, UK and USA," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 40(8), pages 1561-1589, November.
    10. Volker Meier, 2005. "The impact of family policies on fertility: An international comparison Study commissioned by the Robert Bosch Foundation," ifo Forschungsberichte, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, number 26.
    11. Ermisch, John, 2022. "The Very Temporary Effect of Covid-19 on English Fertility," SocArXiv ufdhk, Center for Open Science.

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