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The Fertility Transition: Panel Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Carolyn Chisadza
  • Manoel Bittencourt

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In this paper, we investigate the theoretical linkage between various socioeconomic indicators and fertility declines in 48 sub-Saharan African countries between 1970 and 2012. We test the various theories put forward in literature as contributing to fertility declines in industrialised economies in order to identify the determinants which have contributed to the fertility transition in […]

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  • Carolyn Chisadza & Manoel Bittencourt, 2016. "The Fertility Transition: Panel Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa," Working Papers 92, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:92
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    JEL classification:

    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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