Modeling household fertility decisions in Greece

Abstract

This paper develops an empirical model to investigate the main determinants of fertility in Greece employing cross section data. In the empirical analysis count models are employed. The results show that family income affects negatively fertility decisions suggesting that households prefer to provide quality services to their children than increasing the number of children. In addition, the results suggest that female characteristics, such as the level of education and the number of hours working in the labor market and the social status, affect inversely the fertility choice of the household. Finally, other female characteristics such as the health status affect positively the number of children. Overall, the empirical results provide support to the neoclassical theory of fertility.

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