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| Author: | Winegarden, C. R. Wheeler, M. |
| Title: | The role of economic growth in the fertility transition in Western Europe: Economic evidence |
| Journal: | Economica
1992 : NOV, VOL. 59:236, p. 421-435 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMIC GROWTH EUROPE, WEST BIRTH RATE MICROECONOMICS INCOMES |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The role of economic forces in the fertility in Western Europe is studied. It is found that both the regression results and the historical simulations strongly support economic growth as a cause of fertility change in Western Europe. The non-monotonic effect of per capita incomes on birth rates is consistent with the contemporary microeconomic theory of fertility, particularly with respect to a trade-off between child quantity and child quality. The simulation results clearly suggest that forces other than growth in per capita income accounted for much of the observed drop in fertility. |
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