Born in the wake of disaster : A quantitative study of the effect on total fertility rates of severe natural disasters between 1994 and 2012 in Indonesian provinces

Natural disasters have previously been found to have a positive effect on fertility due to incentives to use births to replace children lost and insure against increased risk. Using a simple demand framework for children, this paper contributes to the literature by re-examining this interaction unde...

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Main Authors: Riese, Hanna, Vitri, Rebecca
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen 2018
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-355250