The article will be published in the October issue of Demography, the worldwide leading Journal on population issues and demography (SJR impact factor of 2.968).
Abstract:
We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility in Indonesia using a long series of household surveys and village census data in combination with a difference-in-difference approach. The electrification rate increased by 65 percent over the study period and our results suggest that the subsequent effects on fertility account for about 18 to 24 percent of the overall decline in fertility. A key channel is increased exposure to TV. Using in addition several waves of Demographic and Health Surveys, we find suggestive evidence that increased exposure to TV affects in particular fertility preferences and increases the effective use of contraception. Reduced child mortality seems to be another important channel.
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