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1. Economic determinants of OECD fertility rates : Evidence of the Easterlin hypothesis
University essay from Umeå universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : The Easterlin hypothesis of relative cohort sizes has previously been used to explain changes in the fertility rate in the mid-20th century. The hypothesis states that a small relative size of the young cohort to the old cohort increases the fertility rate, and a large relative size of the young cohort to the old cohort decreases the fertility rate. READ MORE
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2. The Effect of Relative Cohort Size on Fertility: Assessing the Importance of the Easterlin Hypothesis Today
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Although Easterlin’s hypothesis of relative income has been widely supported by the majority of researchers that have tested it, these researchers have aimed to find a relationship between relative cohort size and fertility in the same time period that Easterlin examined. In this paper I argue that for the Easterlin hypothesis to be supported, it has to hold across nations as well as across time. READ MORE