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We set up a unified growth model with gender-specific differences in tastes for consumption, fertility, education of … education, and sluggish economic growth towards a state of low fertility, high education, and fast economic growth if the child … child. We then show that female empowerment has the potential to promote the transition from a state of high fertility, low …
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We set up a unified growth model with gender-specific differences in tastes for consumption, fertility, education of … education, and sluggish economic growth towards a state of low fertility, high education, and fast economic growth if the child … child. We then show that female empowerment has the potential to promote the transition from a state of high fertility, low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046786
educational and fertility outcomes in Indonesia. Using panel data and a sibling fixed effects model, we identify this relationship …
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, based on the 1977 Lesotho Fertility Survey. The study showed that infant mortality, despite an erratic trend, fell over time …This study is an examination of effects of parental education and demographic factors on infant mortality in Lesotho … risk of mortality than the lower birth orders. However, high death rates were not caused by birth order per se, but because …
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health, self-rated health to mortality. Our analytic sample includes about 8,000 Chinese persons age above 60. Using the …
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its total fertility rate. At the household level, it has also been well documented that children's education is negatively … policymakers and researchers evaluate the total benefit of family planning policies, both policies to lower fertility and policies …
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The negative correlation between women's education and fertility is strongly observed across regions and time; however …, its interpretation is unclear. Women's education level could affect fertility through its impact on women's health and …
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Female secondary school attendance has recently increased in Sub-Saharan Africa and so has the risk of becoming pregnant while attending school. Using panel data in Madagascar, we analyze the impact of teenage pregnancy on young women's human capital. We instrument early pregnancy with the young...
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's health at birth or long-term health and labor market outcomes. Subsequent maternal health and fertility are also unaffected …
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This paper aims to identify the causal effect of English language skills on education, health and fertility outcomes of … degrees, but do not affect child health and self-reported adult health. The impact of language on fertility outcomes is also … becoming a teenage mother, and decrease fertility. …
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