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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Testing for a Supply Constraint to Fertility: Interpreting the Up to God Response to the Survey Question on Desired Family Size
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| Autores: |
Sinha, Nistha
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| Data: |
2006-01-27
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| Ano: |
2004
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| Palavras-chave: |
Fertility
Desired fertility
Survey nonresponse
Consumer/Household Economics
J13
C25
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| Resumo: |
The paper outlines a methodology that allows us to determine whether couples fertility is supply constrained based on the response they give to the subjective desired family size question. The central idea of the paper is that, when faced with the desired family size question, both constrained and unconstrained couples compare their demand for children with knowledge of their biological supply and unconstrained couples respond with a number while constrained couples respond with a qualitative response such as, It is Up to God (UTG), that essentially conveys the notion of demanding as many children as the supply function can yield. I then test this interpretation using data from Bangladesh. I find that controlling for demand side characteristics, positive supply shocks (birth of twins) lowers the probability of UTG response while negative supply shocks (wifes infertility) significantly raises the probability of UTG response. Based on the percentage of women giving the UTG response, it can be concluded that fertility of many couples in Bangladesh was constrained by supply.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
19639
http://purl.umn.edu/28461
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Yale University>Economic Growth Center>Center Discussion Papers
Center Discussion Paper No. 889
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| Formato: |
26
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