Seasonal patterns in behavioral economics: Season as endogenous in the economic model of the childbearing decision.

Title: Seasonal patterns in behavioral economics: Season as endogenous in the economic model of the childbearing decision.
Identifier: AAI9707126
identifier: 9707126
Creator: Luwish, Hadassah Balsam.
Contributor: Adviser: Michael Grossman
Date: 1996
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Economics, General | Health Sciences, Public Health | Psychology, Behavioral
Abstract: The current study looks at conceptions with three different destinies: those that will end up as legitimate births, those that will end up as illegitimate births, and those that will end up aborted. These three behavioral categories of conceptions are examined from an economic/social perspective to determine their dependence on seasonal economic and social factors such as month of year, unemployment rate, and weather and climate variables. The optimal temperature for conception is found to be between 50 and 62 degrees Fahrenheit. The seasonal pattern is found to be the same in the United States and in Canada, allowing for their differing climates. Europe, as in previous studies, is seen to have a different pattern.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.

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