Low Fertility, Socioeconomic Development, and Gender Equity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4121853 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Anderson (0000-0003-1266-0906, Ph.D. Candidate in Demography University of Pennsylvania), Hans‐peter Kohler (0000-0003-0639-4349, Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography University of Pennsylvania) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 381-407 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2015.00065.x |
| PMID | 26526031 |
| OpenAlex | W1948589745 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 64 |
| References cited | 77 |
While new empirical findings and theoretical frameworks provide insight into the interrelations between socioeconomic development, gender equity, and low fertility, puzzling exceptions and outliers in these findings call for a more all-encompassing framework to understand the interplay between these processes. We argue that the pace and onset of development are two important factors to be considered when analyzing gender equity and fertility. Within the developed world, "first-wave developers"-or countries that began socioeconomic development in the nineteenth/early twentieth century-currently have much higher fertility levels than "late developers." We lay out a novel theoretical approach to explain why this is the case and provide empirical evidence to support our argument. Our approach not only explains historical periods of low fertility but also sheds light on why there exists such large variance in fertility rates among today's developed countries
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Equity (law · Fertility · Gender equity · Political science · Population · Socioeconomic development · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 64 |
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| Citations per year | 6,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 63 |