Applications of gender and development: an econometric analysis of women’s autonomy and fertility behavior

Type Working Paper
Title Applications of gender and development: an econometric analysis of women’s autonomy and fertility behavior
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2000
URL http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.199.8601&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Abstract
Do women have children in order to gain social and economic security? Do they have children to appease their husbands or partners? Women are often expected to provide caring labor, manage the household, bear children and raise children. Many women want to perform these tasks, but some may also feel compelled by financial

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