Mentor/s
Professors Khawaja Mamun and Michael Gorman
Participation Type
Poster
Abstract
Enclosed in this research report is the analysis of the effect of a nation’s infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) on fertility rate. The objective of this paper to evaluate the topic by conducting a cross-country analysis. The paper evaluates the effects of infant mortality rate on fertility rate across 80 countries between 1990 and 2015, in five-year time intervals. The additional control variables examined are female labor force as a percentage of total labor force, GNI growth as an annual percentage and secondary education enrollment female percentage. The empirical method conducted found that a nation’s infant mortality, female labor force and secondary education enrollment are significant at a one percent level, while GNI growth is not significant at any level.
College and Major available
Business Economics, Finance, Marketing
Location
University Commons
Start Day/Time
4-20-2018 1:00 PM
End Day/Time
4-20-2018 3:00 PM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.
Prize Categories
Most Meaningful, Most Creative, Most Scholarly Impact or Potential
Fertility Rate & Infant Mortality Rate
University Commons
Enclosed in this research report is the analysis of the effect of a nation’s infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) on fertility rate. The objective of this paper to evaluate the topic by conducting a cross-country analysis. The paper evaluates the effects of infant mortality rate on fertility rate across 80 countries between 1990 and 2015, in five-year time intervals. The additional control variables examined are female labor force as a percentage of total labor force, GNI growth as an annual percentage and secondary education enrollment female percentage. The empirical method conducted found that a nation’s infant mortality, female labor force and secondary education enrollment are significant at a one percent level, while GNI growth is not significant at any level.
