Identifying fertility contagion using random fertility shocks
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Keywords
Fertility; Social networks; Social contagion; Instrumental Variables;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- C26 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
- C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-URE-2017-06-25 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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