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The one-child policy: A macroeconomic analysis

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This paper studies the effects of China's one-child policy. Using a calibrated general-equilibrium model, a benchmark with a fertility constraint in place is compared to a counterfactual experiment without the fertility constraint. The results indicate that the implementation of the one-child...

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China's demographic transition : a quantitative analysis

Yin, Yongkun - In: European economic review : EER 160 (2023), pp. 1-20

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DOES CONTRACEPTION BENEFIT WOMEN? STRUCTURE, AGENCY, AND WELL-BEING IN RURAL MEXICO

Beutelspacher, Austreberta Nazar; Martelo, Emma Zapata; … - In: Feminist Economics 9 (2003) 2-3, pp. 213-238

The authors of this paper examine Amartya Sen's contributions to the concept of human well-being from a gender perspective and argue that this concept is particularly useful for explaining women's decisions on contraceptive use. The study draws on data collected in six rural communities of...

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Gender analysis of family planning: Beyond the feminist vs. population control debate

Smyth, Ines - In: Feminist Economics 2 (1996) 2, pp. 63-86

This paper tries to assess whether the recent adoption by population establishment agencies of feminist language and concerns also embodies feminist visions and values, or whether it hides fundamental differences. In particular, the paper warns that this adoption may simply be an expression of...

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International handbook of population policies

May, John F. (ed.); Goldstone, Jack A. (ed.) - 2022

This Handbook offers an array of internationally recognized experts' essays that provide a current and comprehensive examination of all dimensions of international population policies. The book examines the theoretical foundations, the historical and empirical evidence for policy formation, the...

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Foreign direct investment, workers' remittances and private saving in Pakistan : an ARDL bound testing approach

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The good and the bad in remittance flows : remittances have the potential to lift up developing economies

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina - 2014

Remittances have risen spectacularly in recent decades, capturing the attention of researchers and policymakers and … spurring debate on their pros and cons. Remittances can improve the well-being of family members left behind and boost the …

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Remittances and labor supply in post-conflict Tajikistan

Justino, Patricia; Shemyakina, Olga N. - In: IZA journal of labor & development 1 (2012), pp. 1-28

We analyze the impact of remittances on the labor supply of men and women in post-conflict Tajikistan. Individuals from … results are robust to different measures of remittances and migration. When we differentiate between regions by their exposure … to the 1992-1998 armed conflict, we observe that the negative effect of remittances on the labor supply of women is …

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Oil prices, external income, and growth : lessons from Jordan

Mohaddes, Kamiar; Raissi, Mehdi - In: Review of Middle East economics and finance 9 (2013) 2, pp. 99-131

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