Abstract
Motivated by the wide spread fertility transition phenomenon in developing countries following the end of World War II, and the four stand out hypotheses on demographic transitions in the literatures that concern the relationship between fertility and infant mortality, female education, urbanization and income, this paper is a serious attempt on checking the demographic theories against the developing world’s reality. By collecting a panel of data for 92 developing countries and 51 years (1960-2010) and utilizing estimation techniques such as Pooled OLS, Panel fixed effect with Instrumental Variables and system GMM, this paper has found evidences supporting a positive direct effect of infant mortality as well as direct negative effects of urbanization, income and female education on women’s fertility decisions in developing countries. Among all four direct effects, female education seems to have the strongest impact on fertility.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The 42nd Australian conference of economists conference proceedings |
| Subtitle of host publication | Beyond the frontiers: New directions in Economics |
| Editors | D Butler, M Mangano |
| Place of Publication | Perth |
| Publisher | Murdoch University |
| Number of pages | 39 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-921877-12-4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Australian Conference of Economists: Beyond the frontiers: New directions in economics - Murdoch University, Perth, Australia Duration: 7 Jul 2013 → 10 Jul 2013 Conference number: 42nd |
Conference
| Conference | Australian Conference of Economists |
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| Abbreviated title | ACE |
| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Perth |
| Period | 7/07/13 → 10/07/13 |
