Is a significant socio-economic structural change a pre-requisite for 'initial' fertility decline in the LDCs? Evidence from Thailand based on a multivariate cointegration/vector error correction modelling approach

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 463-487

  Masih, Abul M M ^a   Masih, Rumi ^b,c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Goldman Sachs Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Variance decomposition; Vector error correction model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033240423     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050109     Document Type: Article

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