Essays about: "Marital fertility"

Found 5 essays containing the words Marital fertility.

  1. 1. The Impact of Women’s Education on Fertility Rate: Evidence from China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Duyun Lei; [2023]
    Keywords : Women s education; Fertility rate; China; Fixed Effects Model; Instrument variable estimation; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In recent years, the continuous decline in China's fertility rate has elicited a sense of crisis. The fertility trend appears to correlate with the rising educational attainment among women. Societal expectations and workplace dynamics create a challenging environment for women planning to start a family. READ MORE

  3. 2. Childbearing among Polish migrant women in Sweden : A country-of-origin and country-of-destination approach

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Jonathan Lindström; [2019]
    Keywords : Immigrant fertility; Poland; Sweden; adaptation; socialization; selection Piecewise-exponential model; Event-history analysis;

    Abstract : This paper examines childbearing among Polish migrant women and their descendants in Sweden. While many studies have focused on immigrants' childbearing in relation to women in the destination country, this study uses a country-of-origin and a country-of-destination approach in order to more thoroughly examine the socialization, selection and adaptation hypotheses. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Response of Marital Fertility to Short term Macroeconomic Crisis An Event History Analysis, Ethiopia: 1973-2011

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Endale Kebede; [2014]
    Keywords : marital fertility; hazards; birth intervals; Keywords: economic stress; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract: This thesis combined the individual level longitudinal data, from the 2011 Ethiopian demographic and health survey, with annual GDP and price indicators, to examine the response of marital fertility to short term macroeconomic stress that Ethiopians has been facing in the last forty years. A two-level discrete time random effect models were employed to estimate the risk of next birth. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Fertility Decline in Switzerland 1870 – 1930. A study of cultural and economic variables using panel data.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Raúl Burgos; [2009]
    Keywords : fixed effects model; fertility decline; Switzerland; historical demography; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This study analyzes the impact of socioeconomic and cultural variables on marital fertility for Switzerland in the period comprising 1870 – 1930. Using panel data techniques the analysis shows that variables measuring industrialization had an impact in declining fertility as well as cultural variables such as religion and language... READ MORE

  6. 5. Effects of Ecocnomic Crisis on Marital Fertility in Turkey

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Zakir Selim Karatepe; [2009]
    Keywords : Marital fertility; Economic Fluctuations; Micro approach; Turkey; Survival Analysis; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The relations between demographic indicators and economic business cycles have been proven many times for historical and modern populations. The results from these studies indicated clear connections for demography and economy. Absence of this study for Turkey motivated me to investigate this phenomenon from marital fertility aspect. READ MORE