dc.contributor.author
Fox, Jonathan
dc.contributor.author
Myrskylä, Mikko
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T04:18:55Z
dc.date.available
2016-04-01T10:02:53.055Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/17033
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-21213
dc.description.abstract
Background: During the 1920s and early 1930s, U.S. fertility declined overall
but with large regional variations. Changes in foreign born populations
explain only part of this. Differences in public health and poverty relief
programs may further help explain these declines because of their potential
impact on fertility determinants, in particular on breastfeeding and child
mortality. Objective: We investigate whether public health investments in
child health (conservation of child life programs) and poverty relief (outdoor
care of poor or charity for children and mothers) affected fertility for U.S.
cities over 100,000 persons between 1923 and 1932. Methods: We analyze data
covering 64 cities between 1923-1932 that include birth information from the
U.S. Birth, Stillbirth and Infant Mortality Statistics volumes and city
financial information from the Financial Statistics of Cities volumes. Time
and city fixed-effects models are used to identify the impact of public
investments on fertility. Results: Fixed effects estimates indicating the
conservation of child life programs explain about 10 percent of the fertility
change between 1923 and 1932. Outdoor care of poor did not seem to be related
to fertility. Investments in charity for children and mothers were associated
with fertility increases, possibly because poorer areas experienced relative
increases in both higher fertility and charitable spending. Conclusions:
Public spending on child health was strongly related to decreasing fertility
in the U.S. during the 1920s, possibly because of increased breastfeeding and
decreased child mortality. This leads to a better understanding of the 1920s
fertility decline and highlights how public policy may affect fertility.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/de/
dc.subject
fertility decline
dc.subject
social welfare
dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften
dc.title
Urban fertility responses to local government programs
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation
Demographic Research. - 32 (2015), Artikel Nr. 16
dc.title.subtitle
Evidence from the 1923-1932 U.S.
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.16
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol32/16/
refubium.affiliation
John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien (JFKI)
refubium.affiliation.other
John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien (JFKI) / Abteilung Soziologie
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FUDOCS_document_000000024304
refubium.note.author
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FUDOCS_derivate_000000006218
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open access