title: [Births and cohort size:  an empirical test of the Easterlin hypothesis].
abstract: The author develops an alternative to the Ahlburg specification of the Easterlin hypothesis concerning the relationship between cohort size and fertility.  "In combination with a declining trend in average family size (represented by a linear spline function), the Easterlin effect is found to affect the movement of births in the Netherlands during the period 1950-1985.  It should be noted, however, that the trend explains by far the larger fraction of variance of births.  The model projects a rise of births until 2000 followed by a decline." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Beer
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D005544:Forecasting; D009426:Netherlands; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Cohort Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Easterlin Hypothesis; Economic Factors; Estimation Technics; Europe; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Family Size, Average; Fertility; Microeconomic Factors; Netherlands; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Forecast; Research Methodology; Western Europe