Article
Fertility choice under child mortality and social norms
Economics Letters
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Submitted Manuscript
Publication Date
6-1-2012
DOI
10.1016/j.econlet.2011.11.029
Abstract
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.
Copyright Owner
Elsevier B.V.
Copyright Date
2011
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Shankha Chakraborty and Joydeep Bhattacharya. "Fertility choice under child mortality and social norms" Economics Letters Vol. 115 Iss. 3 (2012) p. 338 - 341 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joydeep_bhattacharya/40/
This article is published as Fertility Choice under Child Mortality and Social Norms (with Shankha Chakraborty), 2012, Economics Letters 115(3), 338–341; doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2011.11.029 . Posted with permission.