Chakraborty, Shankha; Bhattacharya, Joydeep

Economics Letters

In most demographic transitions, declines in child mortality precede declines in net fertility rates. Variants of the Barro-Becker model of fertility fail to deliver this link. A simple extension, the inclusion of social norms regarding fertility, generates the desired effect.

JEL Classification: I12, O40

Keywords: Fertility, Child mortality, Demographic transition, Social norms