Fertility Dynamics Spacing and Timing of Births in Sweden and the United States

Name: Fertility Dynamics Spacing and Timing of Births in Sweden and the United States
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ISBN: 9780444821324

ISBN-10: 0444821325

ISBN-13: 9780444821324

Edition: 1995

Authors: A. C. Tasiran

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This is one of the most comprehensive and statistically sophisticated economic studies of the fertility determining process. The volume examines the relationship between women's wage rates and men's income and fertility with duration analysis, using panel data from Sweden and the United States. The volume focuses on the timing and spacing of births in the life cycle rather than on the ultimate number of children. The dynamic relationship is represented in a Continuous Time Birth Process framework, using event-history analysis. The results from these Swedish and American fertility studies show that the widespread expectations of a negative wage-rate effect and a positive income effect on…

Book details

List price: $148.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date: 3/24/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 350
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Introduction.lt;/b> Women's wage rates, men's income and fertility


Recent trends in Sweden and the United States


Research method: event history analysis


Policy concerns related to women's wages and men's income and fertility


Outline of this volume.


Review of Fertility Models.lt;/b>


Introduction


Economic models


Summary


Empirical Studies.lt;/b>


Introduction


Evidence from macro studies - aggregate time-series data


Evidence from micro studies ï¿½ surveys


Summary


Econometric Methodology.lt;/b> Duration analysis


A continuous-time birth-process model as a hazard rate model


Unobserved heterogeneity and non-parametric maximum-likelihood estimator (NPMLE)


Time-varying variables and endogeneity


The problems of weighting and incomplete spell information in duration analysis


Model-selection criteria


Chi-square goodness-of-fit test


Summary


Empirical Findings from Sweden.lt;/b>


Introduction


A hazard rate model for births without heterogeneity


The need of age- and gender-specific wage and the income series and Heckman-Walker dataset


An improved macro wage and income series from official statistics


Results from the Swedish fertility survey data


Aggregate macro data versus micro data with measurement errors


Results from HUS-panel data


Summary


Empirical Findings from the United States.lt;/b>


Introduction


Results from the PSID 1985-1988 birth-history file for white and non-white women


Results from the PSID 1985-1988 ego-alter file by birth cohorts


Summary


Conclusions.lt;/b>


Limitations of the study


Major findings and implications


Policy-related issues


Future research


Appendices


References


Subject Index.lt;/b>