Economic development, contraception and fertility decline in Mexico
This article utilises a choice theory based on a three-equation simultaneous model to analyse determinants of contraception, desired number of children and fertility. The results show that a simultaneous choice model predicts the consequences of modernisation on human fertility and suggests ways tha...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The journal of development studies |
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Sprache: | eng |
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Zusammenfassung: | This article utilises a choice theory based on a three-equation simultaneous model to analyse determinants of contraception, desired number of children and fertility. The results show that a simultaneous choice model predicts the consequences of modernisation on human fertility and suggests ways that economic growth affects family size by proximate or intermediate variables |
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ISSN: | 0022-0388 |