| Record ID | marc_loc_updates/v35.i20.records.utf8:34058177:2568 |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Download Link | /show-records/marc_loc_updates/v35.i20.records.utf8:34058177:2568?format=raw |
LEADER: 02568nam a22003137a 4500
001 2007615114
003 DLC
005 20070511135718.0
007 cr |||||||||||
008 070511s2007 mau sb 000 0 eng
010 $a 2007615114
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHB1
100 1 $aConley, Dalton.
245 10 $aAfrica's lagging demographic transition$h[electronic resource] :$bevidence from exogenous impacts of malaria ecology and agricultural technology /$cDalton Conley, Gordon C. McCord, Jeffrey D. Sachs.
260 $aCambridge, MA :$bNational Bureau of Economic Research,$cc2007.
490 1 $aNBER working paper series ;$vworking paper 12892
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 5/11/2007.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"Much of Africa has not yet gone through a "demographic transition" to reduced mortality and fertility rates. The fact that the continent's countries remain mired in a Malthusian crisis of high mortality, high fertility, and rapid population growth (with an accompanying state of chronic extreme poverty) has been attributed to many factors ranging from the status of women, pro-natalist policies, poverty itself, and social institutions. There remains, however, a large degree of uncertainty among demographers as to the relative importance of these factors on a comparative or historical basis. Moreover, econometric estimation is complicated by endogeneity among fertility and other variables of interest. We attempt to improve estimation (particularly of the effect of the child mortality variable) by deploying exogenous variation in the ecology of malaria transmission and in agricultural productivity through the staggered introduction of Green Revolution, high-yield seed varieties. Results show that child mortality (proxied by infant mortality) is by far the most important factor among those explaining aggregate total fertility rates, followed by farm productivity. Female literacy (or schooling) and aggregate income do not seem to matter as much, comparatively"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
700 1 $aConley, Dalton.
700 1 $aMcCord, Gordon C.
700 1 $aSachs ,Jeffrey D.
710 2 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 $aWorking paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;$vworking paper no. 12892.
856 40 $uhttp://papers.nber.org/papers/w12892