Strulik, Holger; Vollmer, Sebastian - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2010
In this paper we analyze the distribution of fertility rates across theworld using parametric mixture models. We … demonstrate the existence of twinpeaks and the division of the world's countries in two distinct components: ahigh-fertility … regime and a low fertility regime. Whereas the signicance oftwin peaks vanishes over time, the two fertility regimes continue …