Fertility and social interaction :
Kohler, Hans-Peter.
Fertility and social interaction : an economic perspective / Hans-Peter Kohler. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. - xviii, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. TOC
Summary:
In this book, economics meets sociology in order to investigate one of the central social changes in history: the decline of fertility.
0199244596 9780199244591
2001036407
Fertility, Human.
Social networks.
Childbirth--Statistics.
HB901 / .K654 2001
304.632 / KOF 2001
Fertility and social interaction : an economic perspective / Hans-Peter Kohler. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. - xviii, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. TOC
Summary:
In this book, economics meets sociology in order to investigate one of the central social changes in history: the decline of fertility.
0199244596 9780199244591
2001036407
Fertility, Human.
Social networks.
Childbirth--Statistics.
HB901 / .K654 2001
304.632 / KOF 2001