Fertility dynamics : spacing and timing of births in Sweden and the United States /

Fertility dynamics : spacing and timing of births in Sweden and the United States /

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Author / Creator:Taşiran, A. C. (Ali Cevat)
Imprint:New York : Elsevier Science, 1995.
Description:xx, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Contributions to economic analysis. 229
Subject:
Fertility, Human -- Economic aspects -- Sweden -- Econometric models.
Fertility, Human -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Econometric models.
Fertility, Human -- Economic aspects -- Econometric models.
Sweden.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1744342
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ISBN:0444821325
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction.lt;/b> Women's wage rates, men's income and fertility
  • Recent trends in Sweden and the United States
  • Research method: event history analysis
  • Policy concerns related to women's wages and men's income and fertility
  • Outline of this volume.
  • Review of Fertility Models.lt;/b>
  • Introduction
  • Economic models
  • Summary
  • Empirical Studies.lt;/b>
  • Introduction
  • Evidence from macro studies - aggregate time-series data
  • Evidence from micro studies û surveys
  • Summary
  • Econometric Methodology.lt;/b> Duration analysis
  • A continuous-time birth-process model as a hazard rate model
  • Unobserved heterogeneity and non-parametric maximum-likelihood estimator (NPMLE)
  • Time-varying variables and endogeneity
  • The problems of weighting and incomplete spell information in duration analysis
  • Model-selection criteria
  • Chi-square goodness-of-fit test
  • Summary
  • Empirical Findings from Sweden.lt;/b>
  • Introduction
  • A hazard rate model for births without heterogeneity
  • The need of age- and gender-specific wage and the income series and Heckman-Walker dataset
  • An improved macro wage and income series from official statistics
  • Results from the Swedish fertility survey data
  • Aggregate macro data versus micro data with measurement errors
  • Results from HUS-panel data
  • Summary
  • Empirical Findings from the United States.lt;/b>
  • Introduction
  • Results from the PSID 1985-1988 birth-history file for white and non-white women
  • Results from the PSID 1985-1988 ego-alter file by birth cohorts
  • Summary
  • Conclusions.lt;/b>
  • Limitations of the study
  • Major findings and implications
  • Policy-related issues
  • Future research
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Subject Index.lt;/b>

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