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Title: The Estimation of Fertility Equations on Panel Data
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Moffitt, Robert A. |
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The Estimation of Fertility Equations on Panel Data Journal of Human Resources 19,1 (Winter 1984): 22-34. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/145414 Cohort(s): Young Women Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Keyword(s): Childbearing; Fertility; Research Methodology Several econometric issues in the estimation of fertility equations with panel data are addressed in this paper. The most interesting is the truncation of error term in a number-of-children equation arising from the fact that the number of children cannot fall over time. It is shown that this generates a "ratchet" mechanism under which the probability of having a child drops suddenly following a birth and then gradually rises again until another birth occurs. Estimates are provided with data from National Longitudinal Surveys Young Women's cohort. |
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Moffitt, Robert A. "The Estimation of Fertility Equations on Panel Data." Journal of Human Resources 19,1 (Winter 1984): 22-34.
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