The fertility effect of catastrophe: U.S. hurricane births

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-36

  Evans, Richard W ^a   Hu, Yingyao ^b   Zhao, Zhong ^c,d  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Disaster; Family planning; Fertility; Models with panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549102345     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-008-0219-2     Document Type: Article

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