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Fertility Choice Under Child Mortality and Social Norms

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  • Chakraborty, Shankha
  • Bhattacharya, Joydeep

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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.

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  • Chakraborty, Shankha & Bhattacharya, Joydeep, 2012. "Fertility Choice Under Child Mortality and Social Norms," Staff General Research Papers Archive 34911, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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    Fertility; Child mortality; Demographic transition; Social norms;
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General

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