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Socioeconomic Change and Fertility

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  • William Ray Arney

    (Dartmouth College)

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Most previous efforts to model the determinants of fertility have used cross-sectional data and various forms of regression analysis. In this paper a recursive model of fertility in terms ofsocioeconomic change is developed and the parameters of the model are estimated using time-series data.

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  • William Ray Arney, 1977. "Socioeconomic Change and Fertility," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 6(1), pages 63-90, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:somere:v:6:y:1977:i:1:p:63-90
    DOI: 10.1177/004912417700600103
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