Planned fertility and family background: a quantile regression for counts analysis |
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| Authors: | Alfonso Miranda |
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| Institution: | (1) Centre for Economic Research, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines how education and family background affect the fertility plans of young individuals in Mexico. Quantile
regression for count data is used for the analysis. Results indicate that education and family structure affect planned fertility
only at the tails of the conditional distribution. Education reduces planned fertility only among women with relatively strong
preferences towards children. An absent father reduces planned fertility mostly at the bottom of the conditional distribution.
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| Keywords: | Fertility Count data Quantile regression |
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