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Fertility decline has been the subject matter of numerous studies, and this study addresses the issue of the role of urbanization in fertility decline by focusing on the evolutionary view that high population density causes low fertility. Panel data of 266 countries for 1960–2019 are investigated by using various regression techniques such as fixed effects (FE), feasible generalized least squares (FGLS), instrumental variable (IV), quadratic, dynamic GMM, and split-sample estimations to empirically examine the effect of urbanization on fertility. The FE, FGLS, and IV regressions provide strong evidence that urbanization has a negative impact on fertility, while the dynamic GMM and the split-sample regressions partly support the negative effect. Overall, the empirical findings support the negative effect of urbanization on fertility suggested by the evolutionary view.
期刊介绍:
Cities offers a comprehensive range of articles on all aspects of urban policy. It provides an international and interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of ideas and information between urban planners and policy makers from national and local government, non-government organizations, academia and consultancy. The primary aims of the journal are to analyse and assess past and present urban development and management as a reflection of effective, ineffective and non-existent planning policies; and the promotion of the implementation of appropriate urban policies in both the developed and the developing world.