title: Economic development and fertility:  an empirical analysis using cross-national data.
abstract: "Until the early 1950s the study and analysis of fertility was believed to be outside the scope of economic theory.  However, with the extension of economics to account for non-market household behaviour and human capital such analysis has become possible.  Several theories on the relationship between economic development and fertility have been proposed. These theories are often tested with multiple regression and areal cross-national data.  This paper examines the statistical assumption underlying such models." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND ITA)
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Panicker
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005298:Fertility; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012942:Social Sciences
keywords: Behavior; Critique; Demographic Factors; Demography; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Evaluation; Evaluation Methodology; Fertility; Mathematical Model; Models, Theoretical; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Theory; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; World