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Explaining fertility variation in rural communities : the role of electricity in Ghana
Akpandjar, George Mawuli; Puozaa, Conrad; Quartey, Peter - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 3, pp. 1-13
We believe the massive rural electrification, which began in 1992, played a significant role in the varying fertility rates across rural Ghana. Rural households with electricity, tend to have fewer children ever born to a woman than households without electricity. Using control function...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902918
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A Stochastic Sub-national Population Projection Methodology with an Application to the Waikato Region of New Zealand
Cameron, Michael P.; Poot, Jacques - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2010
instability of migration as a component of population change. Unlike the standard cohort-component methodology, in which net … migration levels are projected, the key parameters of our stochastic methodology are age-gender-area specific net migration … by net migration. Generally, the identified and modelled uncertainty makes the traditional ‘mid range’ scenario of sub …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552403
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Long term implications of low fertility in Kerala
Rajan, S. Irudaya; Zachariah, K.C. - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 1997
next half a century. While Kerala experienced varying degrees of net out-migration and net emigration in the last half a … century, migration trend in the next half a century is somewhat uncertain. It will depend more on socio-economic developments …
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The effects of migration and fertility on the age-sex structure of Lagos State, Nigeria
Ugomma, EJEKWUMADU Esther; Ani, MADU Ignatius; … - In: Economia. Seria Management 12 (2009) 2, pp. 28-38
This research was carried out to appraise the influence of fertility and migration on the age-sex population structure … migration trends in the study area. Using partial correlation and multiple regression analyses, we determined the influence of … migration and fertility on the age structure of the population. The combined effects of the partial correlation of fertility and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008495443
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Explaining fertility variation in rural communities: The role of electricity in Ghana
Akpandjar, George; Puozaa, Conrad; Quartey, Peter - In: Economies 6 (2018) 3, pp. 1-13
We believe the massive rural electrification, which began in 1992, played a significant role in the varying fertility rates across rural Ghana. Rural households with electricity, tend to have fewer children ever born to a woman than households without electricity. Using control function...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009852
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Pensions and fertility: a simple proposal for reform
BUYSE, TIM - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent - 2014
This paper evaluates the effects of a parametric adjustment to an earnings-related PAYG pension system. We show that a simple but ‘intelligent’ reform, in which the calculation of the pension base is changed, may result not only in more employment and growth, but also in an increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083178
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A model of urban demography
Aiura, Hiroshi; Sato, Yasuhiro - Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University - 2009
This paper develops an overlapping generations model that involves endogenous determination of fertility and explicit city structure. We provide conditions under which there exists a unique steady state, which can replicate spatial features of demography observed in Japanese cities. We also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034900
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Short and Long-Term Effects of Unemployment on Fertility
Currie, Janet; Schwandt, Hannes - 2015
Scholars have been examining the relationship between fertility and unemployment for more than a century. Most studies find that fertility falls with unemployment in the short run, but it is not known whether these negative effects persist since women may simply postpone child bearing to better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345355
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Cutting fertility? The effect of Cesarean deliveries on subsequent fertility and maternal labor supply
Halla, Martin; Mayr, Harald; Pruckner, Gerald J.; … - 2016
The incidence of Cesarean deliveries (CDs) has been on the rise. The procedure's cost and benefits are discussed controversially; in particular, since non-medically indicated cases seem widespread. We study the effect of CDs on subsequent fertility and maternal labor supply. Identification is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011565013
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Cutting fertility? The effect of Cesarean deliveries on subsequent fertility and maternal labor supply
Halla, Martin; Mayr, Harald; Pruckner, Gerald J.; … - 2016
The incidence of Cesarean deliveries (CDs) has been on the rise. The procedure's cost and benefits are discussed controversially; in particular, since non-medically indicated cases seem widespread. We study the effect of CDs on subsequent fertility and maternal labor supply. Identification is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615043