Analysis of the Fertility Reduction in Colombia: Proximate Determinants Model
Cuadernos de Economía, Vol. 30, No. 54, p. 127, 2011
24 Pages Posted: 22 Sep 2011
Date Written: June 30, 2011
Abstract
The process of fertility decline is a modern phenomenon of society. As explained there are different conceptions of the theory of demographic transition and are based traditionally on an economic vision, even when there are contributions from other social sciences. This document incorporates in part said theories and analyzes the fertility decline in the case of Colombia using the model of proximate determinants of fertility, following the proposal made by Bongaarts (1978) and Gertler and Molyneaux (1994).
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Keywords: fertility, demographic transition, proximate determinants, economic development
JEL Classification: J13, I31, C10, O10
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