Fertility and Crime: Evidence from Spatial Analysis of Taiwan

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作者：
Tsung Huang
Tsun-Feng Chiang
Jiun-Nan Pan
机构：
[1] National Chengchi University,Department of Public Finance
[2] Henan University,School of Economics
[3] Kainan University,General Education Center
来源：
Journal of Family and Economic Issues | 2015年 / 36卷
关键词：
Crime rate; General fertility rate; Fixed-effect spatial error model; Taiwan;
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摘要：
Current literature indicates the possible effects of crime on family-related demographic events, including fertility. However, there is no empirical study that confirms this effect. The research purpose of this study is to fill this gap. Using county-level panel data during 2000–2010 from Taiwan, the estimated results of the fixed-effect spatial error models discovered that crime did have a significantly negative effect on fertility, although the magnitude was modest. Furthermore, fertility has spatial dependence: that is, some unobservable factors that promote fertility in a county will likely have positive impacts on the fertility of neighboring counties. From a general viewpoint, the estimated results of other control variables showed that economic factors were still the primary determinants of fertility.
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