Fertility and Relative Cohort Size

Jaypee Sevilla 2007

This paper estimates the effect of changes in population age structure on fertility through using the Easterlin/Macunovich mechanism. One finding is that as of yet, we do not have a sufficient theory that explains the strong association between cohort size and fertility.

Download Working Paper 2007 no.11

This paper estimates the effect of changes in population age structure on fertility through using the Easterlin/Macunovich mechanism. One finding is that as of yet, we do not have a sufficient theory that explains the strong association between cohort size and fertility.

Download Working Paper 2007 no.11