Inherited dimensions of infant mortality. Detecting signs of disproportionate mortality risks in successive generations KU Leuven
In an effort to unravel the diffusion and mechanisms of long-term fertility change, there is a growing body of literature on the intergenerational transmission of reproductive behavior. Several reproductive traits have already been studied in an intergenerational dimension, but the impact of infant deaths and their clustering within families on these intergenerational mechanisms of reproduction has been overlooked. This paper explores the ...