Fertility and Rural Electrification in Bangladesh

Fertility and Rural Electrification in Bangladesh

We use a panel dataset from Bangladesh to examine the relationship between fertility and the adoption of electricity with the latter instrumented by infrastructure development and the quality of service delivery. We find that the adoption of electricity reduces fertility, and this impact is more pro...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: FUJII, Tomoki, SHONCHOY, Abu S.
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
Subjects:
time use
infrastructure
fertility
Bangladesh
ordered probit regression
panel data
Behavioral Economics
Economics
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1762
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2761/viewcontent/IDP000521_001.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

Internet

https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1762
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2761/viewcontent/IDP000521_001.pdf

Similar Items