title: The infant mortality-fertility debate:  some international evidence.
abstract: "The aim of this paper is to analyze empirically the causal relationship, if any, between infant mortality and fertility in thirty-five developing countries."  The focus is on possible relationships between the infant mortality rate and the fertility rate.  "The hypothesis that infant mortality causes fertility is tested.  The possibility of a 'reverse causation' is also analyzed.  A one-sided distributed lag test as proposed by Granger...is employed."  The results are analyzed in light of several versions of the mortality-fertility proposition, including demographic transition theory, choice theory, Ricardian theory, and the modern economic theory of population.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D001723:Birth Rate; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005298:Fertility; D007226:Infant Mortality; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012942:Social Sciences
keywords: Age Specific Death Rate; Behavior; Birth Rate; Child Mortality Fear Index; Death Rate; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Demographic Transition; Demography; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Economics; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Infant Mortality; Microeconomic Factors; Mortality; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Theory; Social Sciences; Theoretical Studies; Utility Theory