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 …

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 …

in the 1980s to empirically examine the causal impact of women's education on fertility in rural China by difference …

suggest that these impacts were also observed when considering maternal mortality, though effects are less precisely estimated. …

world. First, the impact of fertility decline on gender bias in mortality is examined. Contrary to the expectations of some … authors, fertility decline has not generally led to an intensification of gender bias in mortality. Second, the paper finds …. -- Missing women ; fertility decline ; Hepatitis B ; sex-selective abortions ; gender bias in mortality …

It is generally thought that both the demand for children and the cost of fertility control are major forces in … fertility decline. Most researchers find that family planning programs in developing countries, which lower the cost of … fertility control, play a small role in the fertility transition relative to other economic factors that affect the demand for …