The Easterlin Hypothesis and European Fertility Rates
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7980495 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert E Wright (0000-0002-3222-1989, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 107 |
| Publication date | 1989-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1973407 |
| OpenAlex | W1986354126 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
Richard has argued that fertility should fluctuate cyclically depending on the relative economic status of young adults. Evidence in support of this has been derived primarily from the experience of the US. This note explores the relevance of the Easterlin hypothesis in the European context. For a sample of Western European countries simple time-series regression models are estimated and Granger causality tests are performed. Only limited support for the is found. (authors)
Demographic economics · Economics · Fertility · Population · Sociology · Demography · Economic Growth and Productivity · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
Meta-analysis of the impact of age structure on fertility
The Easterlin hypothesis in the recent experience of higher-income OECD countries
Fertility and the Easterlin hypothesis
Inverted Easterlin Fertility Cycles and Kornai's "Soft" Budget Constraint
Relative Cohort Size and Fertility
La interpretación easterliniana de la fecundidad. Consenso y polémica en torno a la obra del autor
The mid-twentieth century baby boom in Sweden – changes in the educational gradient of fertility for women born 1915–1950
European women's employment and fertility again
Cohort size and earnings in Great Britain
On testing Easterlin's hypothesis using relative cohort size as a proxy for relative income
Ageing and the labor market
Changing fertility rates in developed countries. The impact of labor market institutions
Period Paramount? A Critique of the Cohort Approach to Fertility
Social Reproduction and Change in the Transition from Youth to Adulthood
La fécondité et ses déterminants économiques
Cohort size and female labour supply
The Baby Boom and Its Causes
Relative Cohort Size
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2014 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |