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Mothers at peace: post-conflict fertility and United Nations peacekeepingArmed conflict can shape reproductive behaviour as high child mortality and a lack of health services lead to higher fertility rates. Yet women often postpone childbearing in expectation of better times...
Human fertility Conflict PeaceWorking Paper
Gender preference at birth: A new measure for son preference based on stated preferences and observed measures of parents' fertility decisionsInvestigating preference for sons is a continuing focal area of development economics and demographic research...
Human fertility Family planning WelfareJournal Article
Birth control, family size and educational stratification: Evidence from the Han and ethnic minorities in ChinaThis study investigates the unexpected impact that enforcing birth control policies in China has upon the educational stratification between the Han majority, the policy target group, and ethnic minorities, a partially excluded group...
Education Human fertility MinoritiesWorking Paper
Health consequences of sterilizationsOne-third of married women are sterilized in India. This is largely due to family planning programs that put a strong emphasis on ‘permanent’ contraceptive methods rather than temporary ones...
Development Human fertility GenderWorking Paper
Less restrictive birth control, less education?: Evidence from ethnic minorities in ChinaThis paper investigates the net impact of birth control policy in China on educational attainment of the partially excluded ethnic minorities...
Education Human fertility MinoritiesWorking Paper
Delayed marriage, contraceptive use, and breastfeeding: Fertility patterns over time and wealth quintiles in sub-Saharan AfricaThe rate of fertility decline has been slow in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)...
Families Human fertility PopulationWorking Paper
On the fertility transition in Africa: Income, child mortality, or education?A consensus among social scientists is that fertility rates in Africa are declining. What determines these declines?...
Economic growth Education Human fertilityBook Chapter
The Prospects for an Imminent Demographic Dividend in Africa :: The Case for Cautious OptimismFrom the book: Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Vol. 2...
Family policy Human fertility HealthWorking Paper
The Prospects for an Imminent Demographic Dividend in Africa: The Case for Cautious OptimismThis paper looks at the prospects of a demographic dividend in Africa in the near future...
Family policy Human fertility HealthBlog
Report from Gender Equality Results Meeting
Roger Williamson The Danish State Secretary for Development Policy Charlotte Slente , welcomed the participants and contributors to the meeting and stressed the centrality of gender equality to Danish development policy ...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development EducationWorking Paper
Determinants of Foreign Aid in Family Planning: How Relevant is the Mexico City Policy?The Mexico City Policy (MCP) prohibits the United States Agency for International Development from providing aid to international non-governmental organizations that provide abortion-related services...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Econometric models (Economic development) FamiliesBook Chapter
Tunisia's Development Experience: A Success Story?From the book: Achieving Development Success
Commerce Economic development Human fertilityBook Chapter
Health and Female Labour Market Participation: The Case of UgandaFrom the book: Health Inequality and Development
Human fertility Health Labour supplyWorking Paper
Tunisia's Development Experience: A Success Story?Tunisia’s recent growth and development performance relative to countries in its region, and relative to countries at similar levels of development in other parts of the world, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, have been notable...
Commerce Economic development Human fertilityWorking Paper
Health and Labour Market Participation in UgandaThe paucity of non-agricultural paid employment, and under utilization of female labour in Uganda, and other sub-Saharan African countries, is often seen to be the next major obstacle to further poverty reduction and development in the region...
Human fertility Health Labour supply