title: Computing the level and distribution of gains from fertility reduction.
abstract: "This paper describes and illustrates new procedures for measuring monetary gains from fertility reduction that can be applied to macromodels of population and development.  A previously developed method for calculating the total monetary gain from averted births is reviewed.  A new technique for distributing gains between birth-averting households and society at large is explained....A technique for evaluating alternative fertility reduction programs is described.  Each of the methods is applied to a macromodel estimated from a cross section of countries."
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Suits
mesh_terms: D001723:Birth Rate; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005298:Fertility; D005376:Financial Management; D006285:Health Planning; D007182:Income; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011155:Population Control; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012106:Research
keywords: Birth Rate; Births Averted; Child Worth; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Evaluation; Evaluation Methodology; Family Planning; Family Planning Program Evaluation; Family Planning Programs; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Fertility Rate--changes; Financial Activities; Income; Microeconomic Factors; Models, Theoretical; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth--changes; Population Programs; Research Methodology