Effects of Consumer Goods Shortages on Fertility in Post-Soviet Economy |
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| Authors: | Manouchehr Mokhtari Nader Asgary |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Public Health, University of Maryland-College Park, 1204 Marie Mount Hall, College Park, MD 20742, USA;(2) Bentley University, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA 02452, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study makes two contributions to the study of family and economic issues. First, it investigates the effects of consumer-market
shortage on fertility. Second, it considers the effects on fertility of eliminating consumer-market shortage using a survey
of families from the Former Soviet Union. The estimated model of fertility showed that consumer goods shortage and fertility
were positively related. The elimination of consumer goods shortage would, therefore, be expected to lower aggregate number
of children in the transition (post-Soviet) economies.
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| Keywords: | Demography Economic transition Family economics Fertility |
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