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We set up a unified growth model with gender-specific differences in tastes for consumption, fertility, education of … developed countries, we assume that mothers desire to have no more children than fathers and to invest no less in education per … education, and sluggish economic growth towards a state of low fertility, high education, and fast economic growth if the child …
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In this article, we survey the theoretical literature investigating the role of gender inequality in economic development. The vast majority of theories reviewed suggest that gender inequality is a barrier to development, particularly over the long run. Among the many plausible mechanisms...
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investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better …
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investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better …
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children against investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We …
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present fresh evidence that shows education, especially for women, is an important determinant of the fertility transition in …
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We develop a general equilibrium overlapping generations model which is based on the view that education makes workers … increase productivity. One important implication of the model is that the enrolment rate to education has a negative effect on … relationship between education and economic growth that has been found in the empirical macroeconomic literature. Conversely, for a …
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fertility in high HIV-prevalent SSA countries induced by the fall in education and human capital investments following the drop …-to-quality of children. This result suggests that the current evidence on fertility halting and declining education in high HIV …
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Family planning is a critical issue in countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa, where high fertility rates coexist with low contraceptive use alongside ad- verse perinatal outcomes. Using a combination of ethnographic, ecological, and folklore data, we investigate the role played in...
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Family planning is a critical issue in countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa, where high fertility rates coexist with low contraceptive use alongside adverse perinatal outcomes. Using a combination of ethnographic, ecological, and folklore data, we investigate the role played in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015165921