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1. 1. Economic determinants of OECD fertility rates : Evidence of the Easterlin hypothesis

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Nils Gyllow; [2023]
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   Abstract : 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

3. 2. The Effect of Relative Cohort Size on Fertility: Assessing the Importance of the Easterlin Hypothesis Today

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Milja Norberg; [2015]
   Keywords : Easterlin hypothesis; relative income; fertility; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : 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