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African Development, Partnership and Rationality Challenge : An Exposition
Nwaobi, Godwin Chukwudum - 2013
Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa's economy is the least developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074888
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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - In: IZA Journal of Migration 5 (2016) 24, pp. 1-19
The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper, I illustrate their long-term consequences on contemporaneous socio-economic outcomes, drawing from my own previous work on the topic and from an extensive review of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725531
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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 5 (2016) 24, pp. 1-19
The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper, I illustrate their long-term consequences on contemporaneous socio-economic outcomes, drawing from my own previous work on the topic and from an extensive review of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619155
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HIV and fertility in Africa: first evidence from population based surveys
Juhn, Chinhui; Kalemli-Özcan, Sebnem; Turan, Belgi - 2009
The historical pattern of the demographic transition suggests that fertility declines follow mortality declines … responses in fertility will reinforce this decline by reducing the willingness to engage in unprotected sex. We utilize recent … rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys that link an individual woman's fertility outcomes to her HIV status based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274407
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Changing fertility preferences one migrant at a time : the impact of remittances on the fertility rate
Naufal, George; Vargas-Silva, Carlos - 2009
In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving … country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later … level of social norms (including fertility preferences) that is transmitted from the migrant to the household. Second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824965
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HIV and fertility in Africa : first evidence from population based surveys
Juhn, Chinhui; Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; Turan, Belgi - 2009
The historical pattern of the demographic transition suggests that fertility declines follow mortality declines … responses in fertility will reinforce this decline by reducing the willingness to engage in unprotected sex. We utilize recent … rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys that link an individual woman's fertility outcomes to her HIV status based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902438
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342328
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250177
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Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2016
We assess Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend. While fertility rates and dependency ratios in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528105
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A Portfolio Approach to Mortality Shocks and Fertility Choice : Theory and Evidence from Africa
Wang, Ruixin - 2013
The effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on fertility in Africa remains ill understood. To align the contrasting findings … "quality" of offspring. According to this theoretical model, the overall impact of mortality shocks on fertility is … fertility impacts are conditional on income levels. We use African panel data to test the implications of the model, and find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076100