TY  - JOUR
AU  - Yamada,Tadashi
TI  - Causal Relationships between Infant Mortality and Fertility in Developedand Less Developed Countries
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 1528
PY  - 1984
Y2  - December 1984
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w1528
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w1528.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Tadashi Yamada
AB  - This paper is a study of the dynamic relationships between two demographic variables--the infant mortality rate and the fertility rate-- using time series methodology. I believe that I have shown that infant mortality and fertility are not independent but rather are jointly determined. Also, i believe that I have shown that a decline in infant mortality that is due to an increase in per capita real income triggers a subsequent decline in fertility.This dynamic nexus between changes in infant mortality and fertilitylies at the heart of the so-called "demographic transition."
ER  -