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Does women's empowerment affect the health of children? : the case of Mozambique
Deutsch, Joseph; Silber, Jacques - 2017
In developing countries, women's decisions concerning their children's health depend on 'empowerment' concerning decision-making, husband/partner's use of violence, woman's attitude towards this violence, available information, and resources. We derive an empowerment indicator using the 'fuzzy...
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Health consequences of sterilizations
De La Rupelle, Maëlys; Dumas, Christelle - 2017
One-third of married women are sterilized in India. This is largely due to family planning programs that put a strong emphasis on 'permanent' contraceptive methods rather than temporary ones. However, little is known about potential adverse effects on women's wellbeing. We analyse the...
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Mothers at peace : post-conflict fertility and United Nations peacekeeping
Bove, Vincenzo; Di Salvatore, Jessica; Elia, Leandro; … - 2022
fertility rates. Yet women often postpone childbearing in expectation of better times. Given the theoretical ambiguity, the … investigate whether the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers affects fertility in post-conflict settings. We study the case … peacekeepers have lower fertility rates in the deployment period. Furthermore, peacekeeping improves child health and fosters …
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Gender preference at birth : a new measure for son preference based on stated preferences and observed measures of parents' fertility decisions
Ali, Mehwish Ghulam; De Silva, Ashton; Sinclair, Sarah; … - 2022
children do not reflect the true extent of son preference in high fertility countries such as Pakistan, where the success of … preference on fertility behaviour in Pakistan, accurate measurement of the forms this gender bias can take is necessary to … appropriately gauge the influence of son preference on the fertility outcomes. The limited capacity of existing measures to …
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Microsimulation approaches to studying shocks and social protection in selected developing economies
Adu-Ababio, Kwabena - 2022
This paper calculates automatic stabilization in Ghana, South Africa, and Ecuador to explain income cushioning amid income and demand shocks. Fiscal policies within these countries are also stress tested to gauge welfare contingencies and insurance. A discretionary action approach is adopted for...
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Determinants of gender gaps in youth employment in urban Mozambique
Bischler, Jana; Egger, Eva-Maria; Jasper, Paul; … - 2022
education, employment, fertility, social life, gender norms and more, we observe an increase of 10 percentage points in the raw …
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Children and the youth in rural Viet Nam
Narciso, Gaia; Newman, Carol - 2015
Structural transformation in rural Viet Nam has led to rising incomes and a diversification of livelihoods away from agriculture. Using panel data on children in 2,181 rural households surveyed over the 2008-14 period, we examine how the welfare of children has been impacted by structural...
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On the fertility transition in Africa : income, child mortality, or education?
Mveyange, Anthony - 2015
A consensus among social scientists is that fertility rates in Africa are declining. What determines these declines? I … present fresh evidence that shows education, especially for women, is an important determinant of the fertility transition in … capita and child mortality on fertility rates are non-robust and inconsistent with the predictions of the unified growth …
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The prospects for an imminent demographic dividend in Africa : the case for cautious optimism
Basu, Alaka Malwade; Basu, Kaushik - 2014
fertility declines which change population age structures and thus dependency ratios have been slow to begin and often seem to … might hasten the process. These features have to do with some of the preconditions under which fertility fell in other parts … of the world—such as economic development, social modernization, mortality decline and a rise in ‘natural’ fertility …
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Delayed marriage, contraceptive use, and breastfeeding : fertility patterns over time and wealth quintiles in sub-Saharan Africa
Finlay, Jocelyn E.; Mejía-Guevara, Iván; Akachi, Yoko - 2016
The rate of fertility decline has been slow in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using the Demographic and Health Surveys for … 21 SSA countries between 1990 and 2014, we examine the within-country fertility patterns by wealth, applying the … Bongaarts (2015) proximate determinants model. We find that overall, fertility has declined in SSA for the richest, but not for …
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