Tag: fertility

A Comparison by Marital Status of Wisconsin Medicaid Women Giving Birth in 1990

Zotti, Marianne, Richard Aronson, and Laura Harms Working paper no. 1993-27

Preventing Unplanned Pregnancies among Married Couples: Are Services for only the Wife Sufficient?

Zotti, Marianne, and Earl Siegel Working paper no. 1993-28

The Effect of Public Policies on Recent Swedish Fertility Behavior

Walker, James Working paper no. 1994-03

Effects of Family Structure and Income on the Risk of a Premarital Birth

Wu, Lawrence Working paper no. 1994-07

The Determinants of Postpartum Amenorrhea in Rural Guatemala: A Life Table Approach

Pinto, Guido Working paper no. 1994-22

A Longitudinal Analysis of the Risk of Resumption of Fecundity in Guatemala

Pinto, Guido Working paper no. 1994-23

Abortion and Public Opinion: Demographic and Measurement Contexts

Bumpass, Larry Working paper no. 1995-14

Sex Preference Versus Number Preference: The Case of Korea

Lee, Sung Yong Working paper no. 1995-23 Abstract This paper examines whether son preference has a strong positive effect on fertility rates. To test this hypothesis, Korea was used as a case because Korea still shows strong son preference but its fertility rates have reached below the replacement level. To reject the positive effect of …

Parental Benefits, Employment and Fertility Dynamics

Walker, James Working paper no. 1995-25 Abstract This paper investigates the effect of parental benefits on the timing and spacing of births and on employment dynamics of Swedish women. Using microdata on wages and incomes, I estimate a reduced-form multistate duration model of the bivariate life cycle fertility and employment process. The paper provides an …

The Determinants of Postpartum Amenorrhea: A Multi-State Hazard Approach

Pinto, Guido Working paper no. 1996-03