Jeon, Yongil; Rhyu, Sang-Young; Shields, Michael P. - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2007
We examine patterns in fertility during the demographic transition using a panel data set across 25 Asian countries for 1975-2003. The adult female literacy rate is used as an instrumental variable for the endogenous female labor force participation rate, which has been unsolved in the...