How Women's Rights Affect Fertility
Evidence From Nigeria
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 9709219 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Raphaël Godefroy (Université de Montréal, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2019 |
| Volumen | 129 |
| Número | 619 |
| Páginas | 1247-1280 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2019-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Editorial | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecoj.12610 |
| OpenAlex | W3124074379 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 3 |
| Referencias citadas | 49 |
This article estimates the impact on fertility of a 1999 reform that reduced litigants’ rights for Muslim women in certain states of Nigeria. Using data from Demographic and Health Surveys, I find that, where enforced, the Reform increased the yearly probability of giving birth by 0.026. This effect stems from both a shift of fertility decisions within marriage towards husbands’ preferences and an increase in the probability of being married. The change in marital status alone may explain 60% of the total increase in fertility. I also find that the enforced Reform increased women's labour supply
Affect (linguistics · Demographic economics · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · Marital status · Political science · Population · Research methodology · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Global Maternal and Child Health
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| Citas por año | 1 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
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