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The fertility transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of structural change
Büttner, Nicolas; Grimm, Michael; Günther, Isabel; … - 2022
fertility transition has not much advanced in most countries in that region. We explore whether the lack of structural change … can explain this slow transition. For this end, we analyze the determinants of fertility transitions across the developing … driver of the fertility transition. Our results indicate that higher education of women, female employment in non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177193
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Can informal redistribution withstand formal safety nets? Insights from urban-rural transfers in Burkina Faso
Grimm, Michael; Hartwig, Renate; Reitmann, Ann-Kristin; … - 2020
Households in rural areas still depend on informal transfers to meet subsistence needs and cope with shocks. Yet, to provide additional monetary support, formal safety nets are increasingly introduced in developing countries. However, it remains unclear whether such social protection policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012292737
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On the malleability of gender attitudes: Evidence from implicit and explicit measures in Tunisia
Nillesen, Eleonora; Grimm, Michael; Goedhuys, Micheline; … - 2020
We use an implicit association test (IAT) next to a set of direct survey questions to measure implicit and explicit gender attitudes in Tunisia. Tunisia is among the most advanced countries in the Arab region in terms of women rights and legal reforms that shall strengthen the position of women....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012292739