Cantidad de niños en los hogares uruguayos: un análisis de los determinantes económicos, 1996-2006

Verónica Amarante; Ivone Perazzo

doi:10.24201/ee.v26i1.106

51-vol. 26, no. 1, january-june, 2011

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Number of children in Uruguayan households: An analysis of economic determinants, 1996-2006

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Verónica Amarante,
Ivone Perazzo

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Verónica Amarante
Universidad de la República

Ivone Perazzo
Universidad de la República

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v26i1.106

Published 2011-01-01

Keywords

childrens,
households,
microeconomic determinants,
count data models,
Uruguay

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Amarante, V., & Perazzo, I. (2011). Number of children in Uruguayan households: An analysis of economic determinants, 1996-2006. Estudios Económicos De El Colegio De México, 26(1), 3–34. https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v26i1.106

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Abstract

This article analyzes the evolution of the number of children in Uruguayan households during the last decade. With that purpose, differences in the number of children per household and in fertility, by socioeconomic strata, are considered in the period 1996-2006. We then estimate different econometric specifications trying to capture the effect of diverse socioeconomic factors on household decisions regarding the number of children. Education, specifically women’s education results as the most important factor for these decisions.