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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/10013173728
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Economic growth and child undernutrition in sub-Saharan Africa
Harttgen, Kenneth; Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - In: Population and development review 39 (2013) 3, pp. 397-412
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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 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,...
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Determinants of child development in India
Grafenstein, Liza von - 2021
Um Armut zu bekämpfen, muss die menschliche Entwicklung gestärkt werden. Allerdings werden heute 250 Millionen Kinder unter 5 Jahren in Ländern mit niedrigem und mittlerem Einkommen wahrscheinlich nicht ihr volles Entwicklungspotenzial erreichen. Um Hindernisse für eine optimale menschliche...
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The nexus between agricultural productivity, poverty, and social services provision in Sub-Saharan Africa : an empirical analysis
Reimers, Malte - 2014
This dissertation contains three essays at the interface of agricultural and development economics. The motivation for this lies in the fact that various studies have shown the agricultural sector to be the main income source for the majority of the global poor and it will hence have to play a...
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Missing women : age and disease ; a correction
Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2013
In a recent paper in the Review of Economic Studies, Siwan Anderson and Debraj Ray (Anderson and Ray, 2010) develop and apply a new "flow" measure of "missing women" to estimate the extent of gender bias in mortality in developing countries. Contrary to the existing literature, they find that...
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Looking at pro-poor growth from an agricultural perspective
Klasen, Stephan; Reimers, Malte - 2016
Pro-poor growth has been identified as one of the most promising pathways to accelerate poverty reduction in developing countries. The diagnostic pro-poor growth toolbox has so far focused on the income dimension as well as key non-income achievements in education and health. This article...
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Essays on poverty measurement and trade
Dotter, Caroline - 2016
The thesis consists of four essays in the broad spectrum of development economics. While the first three essays are in the sphere of poverty measurement, the fourth essay is on the topic of trade and development. In recent years, the issue of international poverty measurement gained in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011486389