THE GDP PER CAPITA AND FERTILTY NEXUS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of the relationship between fertility patterns and income per capita in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Given the complicated political situation the complete results of a long-delayed Census in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was held in 2013, are not available and therefore we addressed the data on the female population of the last relevant Census held in 1991with some recent overview. The widespread transition from high to low fertility was strongly pronounced in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Among others, one of the purposes of this paper is to supplement the ongoing debate about the `true`nature of the income - fertility nexus with evidence from panel dataset of 109 municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.The analysis presented in the paper are based on statistical data from population censuses, more recent estimates from official source and via fieldwork.