Social norms and the fertility transition

By Kaivan Munshi, J. Myaux. 2006

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Cultural Change as Learning: The Evolution of Female Labor Force Participation over a Century (2011, background): “Some interesting work in this area has been done by Munshi and Myaux (2006) who incorporate strategic interactions in the context of a learning model with multiple equilibria in which individuals decide whether to adopt modern contraception.”
Who Benefits Most from Rural Electrification? Evidence in India (2012, background): “For example, Akerlof and Kranton (2002) and Munshi and Myaux (2006) analyze peer and neighborhood effects in the context of schooling decision, while Bandiera and Rasul (2006) examine the effect of social networks on technology adoption in Mozambique.”
Intergenerational Networks, Unemployment, and Persistent Inequality in South Africa (2010, background): “and Munshi and Myaux (2006) in contrasting within-demographic group e¤ects, where social”
Peer Effects in the Diffusion of Solar Photovoltaic Panels (2012, background): “2010); social, demographic or cultural proximity (Bertrand et al. 2000; Sacerdote 2001; Duflo and Saez 2003; Sorensen 2006; Munshi and Myaux 2006) or geographic proximity (Topa 2001; Arzaghi and Henderson 2007; Bell and Song 2007; Manchanda et al.”
Social Interactions and Schooling Decisions (2009, background): “8 See Munshi and Myaux (2006) for a paper that explains why there are social interactions in fertility. concludes.”
In good company: : The influence of peers on industry engagement by academic scientists (2012, result): “We also distinguish between different groups of colleagues, following the idea proposal in Munshi and Myaux (2006) and Sorensen (2006), according to which estimated peer effects should be stronger when the social group is defined more narrowly.”
Leveling with friends: Social networks and Indian farmers' demand for a technology with heterogeneous benefits (2015, background): “In some cases it is possible to use observable variables from existing survey data, such as caste or religion, to refine what farmers' social networks are likely to be (Munshi and Myaux, 2006).”
Population Policies, Fertility, Women's Human Capital, and Child Quality (2007, neutral): “See also Munshi and Myaux, 2006.”
Social Networks and the Decision to Insure (2015, background): “…of a product (Conley and Udry (2010); Kremer and Miguel (2007); Koher et al. (2001)); (ii) people learn from their friends how to use the product (Munshi and Myaux (2006); Kremer and Miguel (2007); Oster and Thornton (Forthcoming)); or (iii) individuals are inﬂuenced by other people’s…”
Family Planning as an Investment in Development: Evaluation of a Program's Consequences in Matlab, Bangladesh (2007, methodology): “Matlab is a field research station of the International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B), located about 60 kilometers south-east of Dhaka (See Figure 1 and map in Munshi and Myaux, 2006).”
Culture as Learning: The Evolution of Female Labor Force Participation Over a Century (2013, positive): “…behavior over time and to nd a way to quantify their importance relative to learning.48 Some interesting initial work in this area has been done by Munshi and Myaux (2006) who incorporate strategic interactions in the context of a learning model with multiple equilibria in which individuals are…”
Social Networks, Neighborhood Effects, and Credit Access: Evidence from Rural Guatemala (2011, background): “Wydick: Department of Economics University of San Francisco 2130 Fulton St. San Francisco, CA 94117 415-422-5863 wydick@usfca.edu Hayes: The San Francisco Foundation 225 Bush Street, Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94104 415-733-8558 hkk@sff.org Kempf: University of California, San Francisco 1701 Divisa”