Constraint or choice? Disentangling fertility determinants by switching regressions

In 1953, many poor countries had not yet approached the demographic transition. Accordingly, income generally had a positive impact on fertility in poor countries, while it has a negative impact today. Easterlin's supply-demand framework offers an explanation for this nonlinearity by attrib...

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Autore principale: Christoph Sax
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2011-11-01
Serie:Demographic Research
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Accesso online:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol25/23/