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dc.contributor.authorBlack, Dan A.en
dc.contributor.authorKolesnikova, Nataliaen
dc.contributor.authorSanders, Seth G.en
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Lowell J.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-11-
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-07T10:47:45Z-
dc.date.available2012-02-07T10:47:45Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201109297586en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/55084-
dc.description.abstractWe examine Becker's (1960) contention that children are normal. For the cross section of non-Hispanic white married couples in the U.S., we show that when we restrict comparisons to similarly-educated women living in similarly-expensive locations, completed fertility is positively correlated with the husband's income. The empirical evidence is consistent with children being normal. In an effort to show causal effects, we analyze the localized impact on fertility of the mid-1970s increase in world energy prices - an exogenous shock that substantially increased men's incomes in the Appalachian coal-mining region. Empirical evidence for that population indicates that fertility increases in men's income.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5959en
dc.subject.jelJ13en
dc.subject.jelJ40en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordeconomics of fertilityen
dc.subject.keywordlocation choiceen
dc.subject.keywordAppalachian fertilityen
dc.subject.stwFruchtbarkeiten
dc.subject.stwKonsumtheorieen
dc.subject.stwNeoklassiken
dc.subject.stwEinkommenseffekten
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwAppalachenen
dc.titleAre children "normal"?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn682724505en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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