TY - BOOK AU - Kohler,Hans-Peter TI - Fertility and social interaction: an economic perspective SN - 0199244596 AV - HB901 .K654 2001 U1 - 304.632 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Fertility, Human KW - Social networks KW - Childbirth KW - Statistics N1 - 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; Sociology N2 - Summary: In this book, economics meets sociology in order to investigate one of the central social changes in history: the decline of fertility UR - https://www.worldcat.org/title/fertility-and-social-interaction-an-economic-perspective/oclc/47224412&referer=brief_results ER -