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The fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa : the role of structural change
Büttner, Nicolas; Grimm, Michael; Günther, Isabel; … - 2023
Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility … transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition … to analyze the driving forces of fertility transitions across low- and middle-income countries. Our results confirm that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228925
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The fertility transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of structural change
Büttner, Nicolas; Grimm, Michael; Günther, Isabel; … - 2022
fertility transition has not much advanced in most countries in that region. We explore whether the lack of structural change … can explain this slow transition. For this end, we analyze the determinants of fertility transitions across the developing … driver of the fertility transition. Our results indicate that higher education of women, female employment in non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177193
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The Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Structural Change
Büttner, Nicolas; Grimm, Michael; Günther, Isabel; … - 2023
Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility … transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition … to analyze the driving forces of fertility transitions across low- and middle-income countries. Our results confirm that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296710
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The Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa : The Role of Structural Change
Büttner, Nicolas; Grimm, Michael; Günther, Isabel; … - 2023
Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility … transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition … to analyze the driving forces of fertility transitions across low- and middle-income countries. Our results confirm that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014254441
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The fertility transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of structural change
Büttner, Nicolas; Grimm, Michael; Günther, Isabel; … - 2022
fertility transition has not much advanced in most countries in that region. We explore whether the lack of structural change … can explain this slow transition. For this end, we analyze the determinants of fertility transitions across the developing … driver of the fertility transition. Our results indicate that higher education of women, female employment in non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013173728
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The Indian enigma revisited
von Grafenstein, Liza; Klasen, Stephan; Hoddinott, John - 2022
This paper re-enters the contested discussion surrounding the Indian Enigma, the high prevalence of chronic undernutrition in India relative to sub-Saharan Africa. Jayachandran & Pande argue that the key to the Indian enigma lies in the worse treatment of higher birth order children,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014374273
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Geo-Additive Models of Childhood Undernutrition in Three Sub-Saharan African Countries
Kandala, Ngianga B.; Fahrmeir, Ludwig; Klasen, Stephan - 2002
We investigate the geographical and socioeconomic determinants of childhood undernutrition in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia, three neighboring countries in Southern Africa using the 1992 Demographic and Health Surveys. We estimate models of undernutrition jointly for the three countries to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014112744
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The Indian enigma revisited
Grafenstein, Liza von; Klasen, Stephan; Hoddinott, John - 2022
This paper re-enters the contested discussion surrounding the Indian Enigma, the high prevalence of chronic undernutrition in India relative to sub-Saharan Africa. Jayachandran & Pande argue that the key to the Indian enigma lies in the worse treatment of higher birth order children,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013260039
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Push or Pull? Drivers of Female Labor Force Participation during India's Economic Boom
Klasen, Stephan; Pieters, Janneke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In the past twenty years, India's economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest-growing economies in the world. This paper examines drivers of female labor force participation in urban India between 1987 and 2004, showing a much more nuanced picture of female labor force...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653984
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Push or pull? Drivers of female labor force participation during India's economic boom
Klasen, Stephan; Pieters, Janneke - 2012
In the past twenty years, India's economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest-growing economies in the world. This paper examines drivers of female labor force participation in urban India between 1987 and 2004, showing a much more nuanced picture of female labor force...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282183