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Islamic Inheritance Law, Son Preference and Fertility Behavior of Muslim Couples in Indonesia
Carranza, Eliana - 2017
This paper examines whether the son preference and fertility behavior of Muslim couples respond to the risk of … exploits cross-sectional and time variation in the application of the Islamic inheritance exclusion rule in Indonesia: between … Muslim couples more affected by the exclusion rule exhibit stronger son preference, practice sex-differential fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975442
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Who is Benefiting from Fertilizer Subsidiesin Indonesia?
Gomez, Camilo - 2017
Using the Agricultural Census 2003 and the Rice Household Survey 2008 for Indonesia, this paper analyzes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975839
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Is There an Incipient Turnaround in Asia's 'Missing Girls' Phenomenon?
Das Gupta, Monica - 2016
The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of quot;missing girlsquot; in much of East and South Asia has attracted much attention amongst researchers and policy-makers. An encouraging trend was suggested by the case of South Korea, where child sex ratios were the highest in Asia but peaked...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747020
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Development, Modernization, and Son Preference in Fertility Decisions
Filmer, Deon - 2016
that latent son preference in childbearing is more likely to manifest itself when fertility levels are low. As a result of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747196
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Are Women Less Productive Farmers? How Markets and Risk Affect Fertilizer Use, Productivity, and Measured Gender Effects in Uganda
Larson, Donald F. - 2020
African governments and international development groups see boosting productivity on smallholder farms as key to reducing rural poverty and safeguarding the food security of farming and non-farming households. Prompting smallholder farmers to use more fertilizer has been a key tactic. Closing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012856253
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Free Primary Education, Fertility, and Women's Access to the Labor Market : Evidence from Ethiopia
Chicoine, Luke - 2020
This article investigates the causal relationship between women's schooling and fertility by exploiting variation … year of schooling led to a reduction in fertility. An investigation of the underlying mechanisms linking schooling and … fertility finds that the decline in fertility is associated with an increase in labor market opportunity and a reduction in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844584
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Can Mothers Afford to Work in Poland : Labor Supply Incentives of Social Benefits and Childcare Costs
Bargu, Ali - 2018
context of a recently introduced fertility promotion benefit in Poland. The paper is based on an adapted version of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930782
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Understanding the Geographical Distribution of Stunting in Tanzania : A Geospatial Analysis of the 2015-16 Demographic and Health Survey
Joseph, George - 2019
Tanzania is home to the third highest population of stunted children in Sub-Saharan Africa, with about 2.7 million children under the age of five failing to reach their full potential of growth attainment compared with the reference population as per the World Health Organization standards....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012895650
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Does the Environment Matter for Poverty Reduction? The Role of Soil Fertility and Vegetation Vigor in Poverty Reduction
Zens, Gregor Franz - 2018
and soil fertility as proxy for below-ground environmental quality. Rainfall is used to account for endogeneity issues in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912293
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From Demographic Dividend to Demographic Burden? Regional Trends of Population Aging in Russia
Matytsin, Mikhail - 2017
Do regions with higher working age populations grow faster? This paper examines this question using data from Russian regions and finds evidence that demographic trends influence regional growth convergence. In other words, keeping other factors constant, poorer regions grow faster than richer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970576