Parfait M Eloundou‐enyegue
Biographic Data
| ID | 3594654 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Parfait M Eloundou‐enyegue |
| GIVEN NAMES | Parfait M |
| FAMILY NAME | Eloundou‐enyegue |
| SIGNATURE | ENYEGUE P M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 115 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Beyond Economics and Culture: A Demographic Perspective on Contraceptive Theory
Theories of contraception and fertility are currently dominated by economic and cultural arguments. A demographic perspective can usefully expand these theories through "addition," "explication," and "reconciliation." The addition is about drawing attention to salient demographic forces that have previously been underconsidered whether these forces operate at the macro, meso, or microlevels. Explication is about adding explanatory flesh to proxim…
The Political Economy of Contemporary Youth in Cameroon
This paper is a conjecture on Cameroon's socioeconomic prospects and trajectory between now (2020) and the mid-point of this century. Gazing into the future is a necessary chore. Any scientist venturing outside the Ivory tower will invariably be invited to join policy efforts to plan the future or, at least, to debate possible scenarios and steer societies away from the least desirable outcomes. While these policy efforts initially sought to plan…
Expansion of sustainability science needed for the SDGs
African Transitions and Fertility Inequality: A Demographic Kuznets Hypothesis
Is Africa is different?” The question permeates the debate over Africa's fertility transitions, whether analysts ponder the causes, the consequences, or the socioeconomic patterns of these transitions. Do Africa's transitions occur at a lower threshold of economic development compared to, say, Latin American countries (Bongaarts and Casterline 2013; Bongaarts, this volume)? Will they yield a demographic dividend, as was the case among the Asian T…
Fertility Transitions and Schooling: From Micro- to Macro-Level Associations
Research on the schooling implications of fertility transitions often faces an aggregation problem: despite policy interest in macro-level outcomes, empirical studies usually focus on the micro-level effects of sibsize on schooling. This article proposes an aggregation framework for moving from micro- to macro-level associations between fertility and schooling. The proposed framework is an improvement over previous aggregation methods in that it …
Reproductive Inequality in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Differentials versus Concentration
Within developing countries, our understanding of reproductive inequality—how fertility is distributed within a population—has been shaped largely by studies of fertility differentials, a practical but partial‐information measure. In this study, we examine whether exclusive reliance on differentials biases this understanding, Findings based on recent data from sub‐Saharan Africa show bias. We find that historical and especially cross‐country comp…
Évolution de la concentration du confiage en Afrique: L'exemple du Ghana et de la Zambie
Une analyse macrosociale des mutations dans les solidarités africaines doit intégrer la diversité des ajustements individuels. Dans le cas du confiage, cette intégration exige d'aller au-delà des moyennes nationales et d'examiner la distribution sociale de cette pratique : plus le confiage concentre les enfants dans les familles aisées, plus il a un effet de nivellement. Notre étude complète les travaux antérieurs sur la prévalence en examinant l…
Demographic transitions and children's resources: Growth or Divergence
How do fertility transitions affect childrenâ s resource endowments? Existing perspectives provide two seemingly different answers: Dilution arguments focusing on family size predict an average gain, while divergence arguments focusing on family structu
Family size and schooling in sub-Saharan African settings: A reexamination
Contrary to theory and evidence from many other regions, previous studies in sub-Saharan Africa have found surprisingly weak associations between family size and schooling. It is unclear, however, whether these weak results reflect (spurious) limitations in methodology or (real) differences in context. This study uses schooling histories from Cameroon to test four contending methodological and contextual explanations for these weak results: measu…
From Awareness to Adoption: The Effect of Aids Education and Condom Social Marketing on Condom Use in Tanzania (1993–1996)
This paper uses retrospective event-history data covering a four-year period to examine the timing of exposure to HIV/AIDS education and social marketing condom promotion campaigns, relative to the timing of changes in sexual risk behaviour in Tanzania. Analysis of the event-history data shows that the process of exposure to AIDS education messages and exposure to brand advertising for Salama brand condoms was very different. While exposure to AI…
Pregnancy-related dropouts and gender inequality in education: A life-table approach and application to Cameroon
In this study, I used a life-table approach to estimate how much hypothetical reductions in pregnancy-related dropouts would help close the gender gap in educational attainment. Using the schooling histories of 6,686 pupils, I partitioned Cameroon’s gender gap in education into “pregnancy-related” and “non-pregnancy-related” components and simulated the impact of reductions in pregnancy-related dropouts on this gap. The results suggest that such …
Teen Fertility and Gender Inequality in Education: A Contextual Hypothesis
Previous studies in developed countries have found a micro-level association between teenage fertility and girlsâ educational attainment but researchers still debate the policy implications of these associations. First, are these associations causal? S
Economic downturns and schooling inequality, Cameroon, 1987-95
Policy makers often worry that economic crises aggravate schooling inequalities, but the longitudinal data to monitor these inequalities are typically lacking. This paper uses the schooling histories of 2,249 pupils to investigate how the economic downturn in Cameroon in the period 1987-95 affected the schooling inequalities associated with sex of pupil, residence, the family's socio-economic status, and family size. We first assess overall patte…
Will Economic Crises in Africa Weaken Rural-Urban Ties? Insights From Child Fosterage Trends in Cameroon
The welfare of rural families in many African countries depends on their solidarity ties with urban kin. These ties often channel remittances from urban workers and support the education and economic mobility of children from rural families through fosterage into urban families. The continued operation of these rural-urban solidarity networks, however, is challenged by recent economic downturns and increased urban poverty. Using Cameroon as a cas…
Are there crisis-led fertility declines? Evidence from central Cameroon
Family size and schooling in sub-Saharan African settings: A reexamination
Contrary to theory and evidence from many other regions, previous studies in sub-Saharan Africa have found surprisingly weak associations between family size and schooling. It is unclear, however, whether these weak results reflect (spurious) limitations in methodology or (real) differences in context. This study uses schooling histories from Cameroon to test four contending methodological and contextual explanations for these weak results: measu…
Will Economic Crises in Africa Weaken Rural-Urban Ties? Insights From Child Fosterage Trends in Cameroon
The welfare of rural families in many African countries depends on their solidarity ties with urban kin. These ties often channel remittances from urban workers and support the education and economic mobility of children from rural families through fosterage into urban families. The continued operation of these rural-urban solidarity networks, however, is challenged by recent economic downturns and increased urban poverty. Using Cameroon as a cas…
Pregnancy-related dropouts and gender inequality in education: A life-table approach and application to Cameroon
In this study, I used a life-table approach to estimate how much hypothetical reductions in pregnancy-related dropouts would help close the gender gap in educational attainment. Using the schooling histories of 6,686 pupils, I partitioned Cameroon’s gender gap in education into “pregnancy-related” and “non-pregnancy-related” components and simulated the impact of reductions in pregnancy-related dropouts on this gap. The results suggest that such …
Are there crisis-led fertility declines? Evidence from central Cameroon
African Transitions and Fertility Inequality: A Demographic Kuznets Hypothesis
Is Africa is different?” The question permeates the debate over Africa's fertility transitions, whether analysts ponder the causes, the consequences, or the socioeconomic patterns of these transitions. Do Africa's transitions occur at a lower threshold of economic development compared to, say, Latin American countries (Bongaarts and Casterline 2013; Bongaarts, this volume)? Will they yield a demographic dividend, as was the case among the Asian T…
Expansion of sustainability science needed for the SDGs
Teen Fertility and Gender Inequality in Education: A Contextual Hypothesis
Previous studies in developed countries have found a micro-level association between teenage fertility and girlsâ educational attainment but researchers still debate the policy implications of these associations. First, are these associations causal? S
Economic downturns and schooling inequality, Cameroon, 1987-95
Policy makers often worry that economic crises aggravate schooling inequalities, but the longitudinal data to monitor these inequalities are typically lacking. This paper uses the schooling histories of 2,249 pupils to investigate how the economic downturn in Cameroon in the period 1987-95 affected the schooling inequalities associated with sex of pupil, residence, the family's socio-economic status, and family size. We first assess overall patte…
Évolution de la concentration du confiage en Afrique: L'exemple du Ghana et de la Zambie
Une analyse macrosociale des mutations dans les solidarités africaines doit intégrer la diversité des ajustements individuels. Dans le cas du confiage, cette intégration exige d'aller au-delà des moyennes nationales et d'examiner la distribution sociale de cette pratique : plus le confiage concentre les enfants dans les familles aisées, plus il a un effet de nivellement. Notre étude complète les travaux antérieurs sur la prévalence en examinant l…
Fertility Transitions and Schooling: From Micro- to Macro-Level Associations
Research on the schooling implications of fertility transitions often faces an aggregation problem: despite policy interest in macro-level outcomes, empirical studies usually focus on the micro-level effects of sibsize on schooling. This article proposes an aggregation framework for moving from micro- to macro-level associations between fertility and schooling. The proposed framework is an improvement over previous aggregation methods in that it …
Reproductive Inequality in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Differentials versus Concentration
Within developing countries, our understanding of reproductive inequality—how fertility is distributed within a population—has been shaped largely by studies of fertility differentials, a practical but partial‐information measure. In this study, we examine whether exclusive reliance on differentials biases this understanding, Findings based on recent data from sub‐Saharan Africa show bias. We find that historical and especially cross‐country comp…
Demographic transitions and children's resources: Growth or Divergence
How do fertility transitions affect childrenâ s resource endowments? Existing perspectives provide two seemingly different answers: Dilution arguments focusing on family size predict an average gain, while divergence arguments focusing on family structu
Are there crisis-led fertility declines? Evidence from central Cameroon
Will Economic Crises in Africa Weaken Rural-Urban Ties? Insights From Child Fosterage Trends in Cameroon
The welfare of rural families in many African countries depends on their solidarity ties with urban kin. These ties often channel remittances from urban workers and support the education and economic mobility of children from rural families through fosterage into urban families. The continued operation of these rural-urban solidarity networks, however, is challenged by recent economic downturns and increased urban poverty. Using Cameroon as a cas…
Economic downturns and schooling inequality, Cameroon, 1987-95
Policy makers often worry that economic crises aggravate schooling inequalities, but the longitudinal data to monitor these inequalities are typically lacking. This paper uses the schooling histories of 2,249 pupils to investigate how the economic downturn in Cameroon in the period 1987-95 affected the schooling inequalities associated with sex of pupil, residence, the family's socio-economic status, and family size. We first assess overall patte…
Pregnancy-related dropouts and gender inequality in education: A life-table approach and application to Cameroon
In this study, I used a life-table approach to estimate how much hypothetical reductions in pregnancy-related dropouts would help close the gender gap in educational attainment. Using the schooling histories of 6,686 pupils, I partitioned Cameroon’s gender gap in education into “pregnancy-related” and “non-pregnancy-related” components and simulated the impact of reductions in pregnancy-related dropouts on this gap. The results suggest that such …
Teen Fertility and Gender Inequality in Education: A Contextual Hypothesis
Previous studies in developed countries have found a micro-level association between teenage fertility and girlsâ educational attainment but researchers still debate the policy implications of these associations. First, are these associations causal? S
From Awareness to Adoption: The Effect of Aids Education and Condom Social Marketing on Condom Use in Tanzania (1993–1996)
This paper uses retrospective event-history data covering a four-year period to examine the timing of exposure to HIV/AIDS education and social marketing condom promotion campaigns, relative to the timing of changes in sexual risk behaviour in Tanzania. Analysis of the event-history data shows that the process of exposure to AIDS education messages and exposure to brand advertising for Salama brand condoms was very different. While exposure to AI…
Family size and schooling in sub-Saharan African settings: A reexamination
Contrary to theory and evidence from many other regions, previous studies in sub-Saharan Africa have found surprisingly weak associations between family size and schooling. It is unclear, however, whether these weak results reflect (spurious) limitations in methodology or (real) differences in context. This study uses schooling histories from Cameroon to test four contending methodological and contextual explanations for these weak results: measu…
Demographic transitions and children's resources: Growth or Divergence
How do fertility transitions affect childrenâ s resource endowments? Existing perspectives provide two seemingly different answers: Dilution arguments focusing on family size predict an average gain, while divergence arguments focusing on family structu
Reproductive Inequality in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Differentials versus Concentration
Within developing countries, our understanding of reproductive inequality—how fertility is distributed within a population—has been shaped largely by studies of fertility differentials, a practical but partial‐information measure. In this study, we examine whether exclusive reliance on differentials biases this understanding, Findings based on recent data from sub‐Saharan Africa show bias. We find that historical and especially cross‐country comp…
Évolution de la concentration du confiage en Afrique: L'exemple du Ghana et de la Zambie
Une analyse macrosociale des mutations dans les solidarités africaines doit intégrer la diversité des ajustements individuels. Dans le cas du confiage, cette intégration exige d'aller au-delà des moyennes nationales et d'examiner la distribution sociale de cette pratique : plus le confiage concentre les enfants dans les familles aisées, plus il a un effet de nivellement. Notre étude complète les travaux antérieurs sur la prévalence en examinant l…
Fertility Transitions and Schooling: From Micro- to Macro-Level Associations
Research on the schooling implications of fertility transitions often faces an aggregation problem: despite policy interest in macro-level outcomes, empirical studies usually focus on the micro-level effects of sibsize on schooling. This article proposes an aggregation framework for moving from micro- to macro-level associations between fertility and schooling. The proposed framework is an improvement over previous aggregation methods in that it …
African Transitions and Fertility Inequality: A Demographic Kuznets Hypothesis
Is Africa is different?” The question permeates the debate over Africa's fertility transitions, whether analysts ponder the causes, the consequences, or the socioeconomic patterns of these transitions. Do Africa's transitions occur at a lower threshold of economic development compared to, say, Latin American countries (Bongaarts and Casterline 2013; Bongaarts, this volume)? Will they yield a demographic dividend, as was the case among the Asian T…
Expansion of sustainability science needed for the SDGs
The Political Economy of Contemporary Youth in Cameroon
This paper is a conjecture on Cameroon's socioeconomic prospects and trajectory between now (2020) and the mid-point of this century. Gazing into the future is a necessary chore. Any scientist venturing outside the Ivory tower will invariably be invited to join policy efforts to plan the future or, at least, to debate possible scenarios and steer societies away from the least desirable outcomes. While these policy efforts initially sought to plan…
Beyond Economics and Culture: A Demographic Perspective on Contraceptive Theory
Theories of contraception and fertility are currently dominated by economic and cultural arguments. A demographic perspective can usefully expand these theories through "addition," "explication," and "reconciliation." The addition is about drawing attention to salient demographic forces that have previously been underconsidered whether these forces operate at the macro, meso, or microlevels. Explication is about adding explanatory flesh to proxim…
Economics (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Demography (9 works) · Population (9 works) · Demographic economics (8 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (8 works) · Fertility (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (6 works)