Fertility response to natural disasters
Subtitle: the case of three high mortality earthquakes
By: Jocelyn E. Finlay.
Contributors: World Bank.
Series: Policy research working paper -- 4883; Policy research working papers (Online) -- 4883.
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Natural disasters; Earthquakes; Fertility
Description: "The event of a natural disaster, and being directly affected by it, brings a large shock to life-cycle outcomes.  In addition to the replacement effects of higher fertility following a disaster that caused high mortality, a positive fertility response may be induced as children can be used to supplement household income.  This paper analyzes three high mortality earthquakes: Gujarat, India, in 2001; North-West Frontier, Pakistan, in 2005; and Izmit, Turkey, in 1999.  There is evidence of a positive fertility response to exposure to these large-scale natural disasters in addition to the response to child mortality.  The results in this study are consistent with those of other studies that also find a positive fertility response following exposure to a disaster.   "--World Bank web site.
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