Fertility in Developing Countries

An Economic Perspective on Research and Policy Issues

Bibliographic Data

ID4120951
AuthorsMead Cain, Ghazi M Farooq, George B Simmons
Year1985
Volume11
Issue3
Pages551
Publication date1985-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation and Development Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1973259
OpenAlexW2064526801
LanguageEN
Citations received7

The contributing authors to this collection presented both theoretical essays and empirical studies. These contributions when taken together provide a broad perspective on the current status of research on the factors which influence fertility in developing countries. Particular attention is focused on microeconomic models of fertility and their relevancy for understanding reproductive behavior is evaluated. Both the consequences and the determinants of fertility are examined. The impact of family planning programs on fertility and the relationship between fertility and mortality especially child mortality are also given special attention by many of the authors. Many of the studies are derived from the International Labor Organizations program of research and action in population employment. The program stimulated considerable research on the relationship between fertility and income employment and equality. This volume represents an attempt to draw conclusions both substantive and methodological from this research. Part I provides an overview and critique of fertility theories a summary of the findings of empirical fertility research and an assessment of significance of economic research on fertility in policy making. Part II deals with methodological issues including measurement problems techniques for pooling time series and cross sectional data aggregate level analysis estimation techniques for fertility models the role of simulation techniques in fertility analysis and policy making and the use of anthropological data and methods to expand microeconomic models of fertility. Part II presents the findings of 5 empirical investigations of fertility conducted in Kenya Nigeria India Turkey and Yugoslavia and of a comparative study of fertility patterns in Mexico and Costa Rica. Also included is an empirical analysis of the impact of income redistribution on fertility based on data from 36 developing countries. This collection should be expecially useful to policy makers economic planners demographers and economists

Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Fertility · Perspective (graphical) · Population · Sociology · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Global Health Care Issues · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

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