Structural Analysis of Fertility in Russia

Dmitriev, Mikhail (2009): Structural Analysis of Fertility in Russia.

Abstract

This is one of the first effort to make structural estimation of fertility in Russia.Normal distribution of random individual effect and extreme value distribution of the error are assumed.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Dynamic Discrete Choice Estimation;Fertility; Demography; Russia
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J13 - Fertility ; Family Planning ; Child Care ; Children ; Youth

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