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dc.titleSoap Operas and Fertility: Evidence from Brazil
dc.contributor.authorLa Ferrara, Eliana
dc.contributor.authorDuryea, Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorChong, Alberto E.
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.date.available2011-02-07T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2008-06-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper focuses on fertility choices in Brazil, a country where soap operas (novelas) portray families that are much smaller than in reality, to study the effects of television on individual behavior. Using Census data for the period 1970-1991, the paper finds that women living in areas covered by the Globo signal have significantly lower fertility. The effect is strongest for women of lower socioeconomic status and for women in the central and late phases of their fertility cycle. Finally, the paper provides evidence that novelas, rather than television in general, affected individual choices.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010891
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Soap-Operas-and-Fertility-Evidence-from-Brazil.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectTelecommunication
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subject.keywordsWP-633
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationBR-N1020
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