The Supply-Demand Framework for the Determinants of Fertility

An Alternative Implementation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4269452
AutoresJohn Bongaarts (0000-0001-6195-7234, autor correspondente)
Ano1993
Volume47
Fascículo3
Páginas437-456
Data de publicação1993-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0032472031000147236
OpenAlexW1967384016
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17

Easterlin's supply-demand framework for the determinants of fertility is widely accepted because it has brought conceptual clarity to the study of factors that underlie the childbearing process. This model has not, however, succeeded in quantifying the fertility determinants in a convenient and generally accepted manner. The variant of Easterlin's model presented in this paper aims to remove obstacles to empirical implementation. In addition to quantifying the supply and demand factors, a new variable, the degree of preference implementation, is introduced to measure the role of costs and benefits of fertility regulation. Applications of this alternative method, to data from surveys in 18 less developed countries indicate that recent declines in fertility have largely been due to reductions in the demand for births, and to increases in preference implementation. Changes in the supply of births appear to have played only a minor role

Biology · CLARITY · Conceptual framework · Economics · Environmental health · Fertility · Labour economics · Microeconomics · Population · Preference · Public economics · Supply and demand · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Medicine