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| Title: |
An Econometric Analysis of the Determinants of Fertility for China, 1952-2000 |
| Author: |
Narayan, Paresh Kumar Peng, Xiujian |
| Appeared in: |
Journal of Chinese economic and business studies |
| Paging: | Volume 4 (2006) nr. 2 pages 165-183 |
| Year: |
2006-07-01 |
| Contents: |
This study investigates the determinants of the fertility rate in China over the 1952-2000 period. Consistent with theory, the key explanatory variables in our fertility model are real per capita income, infant mortality rate, female illiteracy and female labour force participation rates. The long-run results and the test for cointegration are based on the Johansen (1988) and Johansen & Juselius (1990) approach. Our long-run results conform to theory in that all variables appear with their expected signs, and the dummy variable used to capture the effects of the family planning policy indicates that in the years of the policy, fertility rates have been falling by around 10-12%. Our results suggest that socio-economic development - consistent with the traditional structural hypothesis - played a key role in China's fertility transition. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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