We set up a unified growth model with gender-specific differences in tastes for consumption, fertility, education of … child. We then show that female empowerment has the potential to promote the transition from a state of high fertility, low … education, and sluggish economic growth towards a state of low fertility, high education, and fast economic growth if the child …

We set up a unified growth model with gender-specific differences in tastes for consumption, fertility, education of … child. We then show that female empowerment has the potential to promote the transition from a state of high fertility, low … education, and sluggish economic growth towards a state of low fertility, high education, and fast economic growth if the child …

traditional equilibrium, contraceptives are not used, fertility is high and education and growth are low. At the modern … equilibrium, contraceptives are used, fertility is low and further declining with increasing income, and education and growth are … high. The theory motivates a "wanted fertility reversal": At the traditional equilibrium, men prefer more children than …