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Explaining Fertility Decline in Greater Bengal: A Spatial Approach

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This study re-examines the diffusion theory in context of fertility decline in West Bengal in India and the bordering districts of Bangladesh, applying district-level spatial models.

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  1. HSS Department, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India

    Pallabi Das

  2. Department of Economics, Presidency University, 86/1 College Street, Kolkata, 700073, India

    Zakir Husain

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Das, P., Husain, Z. (2020). Explaining Fertility Decline in Greater Bengal: A Spatial Approach. In: Chattopadhyay, A., Ghosh, S. (eds) Population Dynamics in Eastern India and Bangladesh. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3045-6_3

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