Mothers at peace: post-conflict fertility and United Nations peacekeeping

Vincenzo Bove, Jessica Di Salvatore, Leandro Elia and Roberto Nisticò ()

No wp-2022-126, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Armed conflict can shape reproductive behaviour as high child mortality and a lack of health services lead to higher fertility rates. Yet women often postpone childbearing in expectation of better times. Given the theoretical ambiguity, the extant empirical evidence is often inconclusive. As a lack of security is a key factor in shaping these decisions, we investigate whether the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers affects fertility in post-conflict settings.

Keywords: Human fertility; Conflict; Peace (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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