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标题：Factors Affecting Fertility – New Evidence from Malaysia
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作者：Atif Awad ; Ishak Yussof
期刊名称：Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
印刷版ISSN：1732-4254
出版年度：2017
卷号：36
期号：36
页码：7-20
DOI：10.1515/bog-2017-0011
语种：English
出版社：Walter de Gruyter GmbH
摘要：This research paper investigates long and short term determinants of fertility rates in Malaysia based on basic macroeconomic variables for the period 1980-2014 using Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) method. The study reveals that over a long term period, all the selected variables (GDP, infant mortality rate, females’ education and employment) have had significant and negative impact on total fertility rates. Whilst during the short term period, only the infant mortality rate has had a positive impact. Since population growth is partly determined by fertility rates, efforts to increase population in Malaysia should consider factors that affect those rates.
关键词：fertility ; mortality ; population growth ; economic growth