Potter, Joseph E.; Schmertmann, Carl P.; Assunção, … - In: Population and Development Review 36 (2010) 2, pp. 283-307
Between 1960 and 2000, fertility fell sharply in Brazil, but this transition was unevenly distributed in space and time. Using Bayesian spatial statistical methods and microdata from five censuses, we develop and apply a procedure for fitting logistic curves to the fertility transitions in more...