Assuming away any income effect on fertility decisions, in the face of high unemployment, fertility rates will tend to (A) Rise due to falling opportunity costs of child bearing and rearing (B) Rise due to rising opportunity costs of child bearing and rearing (C) Fall due to falling opportunity costs of child bearing and rearing (D) Fall due to rising opportunity costs of child bearing and rearing

JNU SIS 2019 Question 11: Population and demographic transition

Assuming away any income effect on fertility decisions, in the face of high unemployment, fertility rates will tend to

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This question is on Theories of population and fertility, part of Population and demographic transition in Economics of Growth and Development.

Economic explanations of family size and the effects of population growth.

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