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Time cost, relative income and fertility in Canada

✍ Scribed by Tilak Abeysinghe

Book ID
104652756
Publisher
Springer
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
604 KB
Volume
6
Category
Article
ISSN
0933-1433

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✦ Synopsis

"A regression model which combines both the time cost and relative income hypotheses is estimated using Canadian data. The results indicate that the influence of relative income is greater on completed fertility and the effect of time cost is greater on timing of births. Some policy implications are derived."

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