Fertility and social interaction : an economic perspective / Hans-Peter Kohler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kohler, Hans-Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fertility, Human.

Social networks.

Childbirth--Statistics.

Childbirth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, economics meets sociology in order to investigate one of the central social changes in history: the decline of fertility. The book demonstrates how social interactions can be used to extend the rational and individual-centered approach of economists to include social norms, bounded rationality, social learning, and changing values and attitudes. The combination of these elements yields new insights into the dynamics and determinants of fertility change.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Fertility Behavior and Demographic Change: Economic and Other Perspectives; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Theories of Fertility; 1.3 Summary; 2 Learning in Social Networks and Contraceptive Choice; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Social Learning about Fertility Control: An Example; 2.3 A Qualitative Choice Model of Information Diffusion; 2.4 A Revealed Utility Model; 2.5 Observable Implications of Social Learning; 2.6 Conclusions; 3 The Density of Social Networks and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from South Nyanza District, Kenya; 3.1 Introduction

3.2 Social Structure and Fertility Decisions3.3 Towards a Model of Social Interaction and Fertility; 3.4 Conclusions; 4 From Individual Behavior to Aggregate Fertility Dynamics; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Implications of Linear and Nonlinear Models of Family Planning Diffusion with Social Interactions; 4.3 Conclusions; 5 Fertility Decline as a Coordination Problem; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Background; 5.3 Fertility Decline, Networks and Coordination; 5.4 A Dynamic Model of Demographic Change in a Socially Structured Population; 5.5 Social Networks and Equilibrium Selection; 5.6 Conclusions

6 Social Interactions and Fluctuations in Birth Rates6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Why Social Interaction Matters; 6.3 Social Interactions and Fluctuations in Birth Rates; 6.4 Estimation of a Switching Regression Model; 6.5 Conclusions; 7 Summary and Conclusions; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611994891

0-19-152960-5

1-281-99489-8