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

By: Kohler, Hans-Peter Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. Description: xviii, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0199244596; 9780199244591Subject(s): Fertility, Human | Social networks | Childbirth -- StatisticsDDC classification: 304.632 LOC classification: HB901 | .K654 2001Online resources: WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC 1. Fertility Behavior and Demographic Change: Economic and Other Perspectives -- 2. Learning in Social Networks and Contraceptive Choice -- 3. The Density of Social Networks and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from South Nyanza District, Kenya -- 4. From Individual Behavior to Aggregate Fertility Dynamics -- 5. Fertility Decline as a Coordination Problem -- 6. Social Interactions and Fluctuations in Birth Rates -- 7. Summary and Conclusions.

Summary: Summary: In this book, economics meets sociology in order to investigate one of the central social changes in history: the decline of fertility.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

TOC 1. Fertility Behavior and Demographic Change: Economic and Other Perspectives --
2. Learning in Social Networks and Contraceptive Choice --
3. The Density of Social Networks and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from South Nyanza District, Kenya --
4. From Individual Behavior to Aggregate Fertility Dynamics --
5. Fertility Decline as a Coordination Problem --
6. Social Interactions and Fluctuations in Birth Rates --
7. Summary and Conclusions.

Summary:
In this book, economics meets sociology in order to investigate one of the central social changes in history: the decline of fertility.

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