Family planning and fertility : estimating program effects using cross-sectional data (English)

Although reproductive health advocates consider family planning programs the intervention of choice to reduce fertility, there remains a great deal of skepticism among economists as to their effectiveness, despite little rigorous evidence to support either position. This study explores the effects of family planning in Ethiopia using a novel set of instruments to control for potential non-random program placement. The instruments are based on ordinal...

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Portner,Claus Christian;

Beegle,Kathleen G.;

Christiaensen,Luc;
Document Date
2011/09/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS5812
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2011/09/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Family planning and fertility : estimating program effects using cross-sectional data
Keywords
access to family planning

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Portner,Claus Christian; Beegle,Kathleen G.; Christiaensen,Luc.

Family planning and fertility : estimating program effects using cross-sectional data (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5812 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/515111468166480640

Family planning and fertility : estimating program effects using cross-sectional data (English)

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