Determinants of female fertility in Taiwan, 1966-2001: Empirical evidence from cointegration and variance decomposition analysis

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 393-407

  Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bounds testing approach; Cointegration; Fertility; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FERTILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33845515706     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: 14678381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2006.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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