Do Fertility Transitions Influence Infant Mortality Declines? Evidence from Early Modern Germany
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- Alan Fernihough & Mark McGovern, 2014. "Do fertility transitions influence infant mortality declines? Evidence from early modern Germany," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 27(4), pages 1145-1163, October.
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"Do fertility transitions influence infant mortality declines? Evidence from early modern Germany,"
Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 27(4), pages 1145-1163, October.
- Alan Fernihough & Mark E. McGovern, 2013. "Do Fertility Transitions Influence Infant Mortality Declines? Evidence from Early Modern Germany," PGDA Working Papers 10513, Program on the Global Demography of Aging.
- Alan Fernihough & McGovern, Mark E., 2014. "Do Fertility Transitions Influence Infant Mortality Declines? Evidence from Early Modern Germany," Working Paper 91496, Harvard University OpenScholar.
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Keywords
Demographic Transition; Family Size; Early Life Conditions; Infant Mortality;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2013-07-28 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2013-07-28 (Health Economics)
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