van soest, arthur; Saha, U.R. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012
Abstract: We jointly analyze infant mortality, birth spacing, and total fertility of children in a rural area in … estimated models show how fertility and mortality can be reduced by, for example, breaking the causal link that leads to a short … fall in mortality by 0.14 and 2.45 per 1000 live births in treatment and comparison area, respectively. The effects of the …