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The impact of gender equality on fertility

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  • Borisenko Yana

    (Department of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University)

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The global fertility decline and the complex system of factors of fertility changes arouse interest in the study of these factors in countries at different stages of demographic transition. In previous studies on the determinants of fertility, a contradictory result was obtained about the relationship between gender equality and fertility. This paper examines the impact of gender equality on fertility levels in countries with a completed demographic transition (using the example of OECD countries). Data from the World Bank, the International Labour Organization and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for the period 2000-2018 are used. Based on the statistical analysis, an inverted J-shaped relationship between gender equality and fertility rate at the country level was revealed: high and low levels of gender equality development correspond to high fertility levels. The results of the econometric analysis for developed countries have shown a positive impact of equality between men and women in all spheres on fertility.

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  • Borisenko Yana, 2022. "The impact of gender equality on fertility," Working Papers 0038, Moscow State University, Faculty of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:upa:wpaper:0038
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    Keywords

    fertility; gender equality; determinants of fertility;
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    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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