Microeconomic Theories of Fertility: A Critique

Turchi, Boone A.

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“…We expect that there will be an independent, negative effect of black economic opportunity on black fertility when examined across local labor markets. These expectations are consistent with sociological perspectives (e.g., role compatibility theory) as well as economic hypotheses of fertility (Turchi 1975), which argue that women consciously evaluate the tradeoff between family issues and market opportunities.…”

Section: Opportunity Structures and Black Fertilitysupporting

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Racial opportunity structures and black fertility

Burr

Hartman

1996

Popul Res Policy Rev

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This paper develops and tests hypotheses about the impact of opportunity structures on black fertility across local labor markets. US Vital Statistics and Census of Population data are combined and then examined with regression techniques to estimate the effect of both racespecific and relative measures of opportunity structure on black fertility in the United States. The results show that relative female opportunity structure has a negative relationship with black total fertility rates as well as with birth rates for specific points along the reproductive age structure. However, the hypothesized relationship between relative male opportunity structures and black fertility is not supported. We discuss these results as they relate to minority fertility theory and as they relate to public policy concerns.

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Section: Opportunity Structures and Black Fertilitysupporting

confidence: 82%

Racial opportunity structures and black fertility

Burr

Hartman

1996

Popul Res Policy Rev

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“…Aside socio-cultural norms and preferences, households permanent (expected) income affect fertility behavior (Turchi, 1975;Ewer and Crimmins-Gardner, 1978). Traditional economic models suggest a positive correlation between permanent or potential income and fertility conditional on social norms and preferences (Turchi, 1975;Ewer and Crimmins-Gardner, 1978). In other words, given the economic cost associated with having children, couples' fertility decisions are influenced by the permanent (expected) income rather than transitory (current) income.…”

Section: Fertilitymentioning

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Natural Resource Discoveries, Citizen Expectations and Household Decisions

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Mensah²

2020

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Microeconomic Theories of Fertility: A Critique

Cited by 23 publications

References 29 publications

Racial opportunity structures and black fertility

Racial opportunity structures and black fertility

Natural Resource Discoveries, Citizen Expectations and Household Decisions

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