Fertility choice, mortality expectations, and interdependent preferences-An empirical analysis

European Economic Review

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 273-289

  Canning, David ^a   Günther, Isabel ^b   Linnemayr, Sebastian ^c   Bloom, David ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c RAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Fertility; Mortality; Social spillovers

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; INCOME; POPULATION GROWTH; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 84883637587     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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