title: Fertility behavior in developing economies:  an investment approach.
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authors.lastname: Chernichovsky
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D002648:Child; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005298:Fertility; D007182:Income; D007194:India; D007226:Infant Mortality; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009826:Old Age Assistance; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Asia; Child Mortality; Child Worth; Cost Benefit Analysis; Culture; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Evaluation; Fertility; Income; India; Intergenerational Transfers; Microeconomic Factors; Models, Theoretical; Old Age Security; Population; Population Dynamics; Quantitative Evaluation; Reproductive Behavior; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Southern Asia