Urbanization and Fertility Rates in Ethiopia

Fanaye Tadesse and Derek Headey

Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 2011, vol. 19, issue 2

Abstract: Fertility rates are important determinants of both overall population growth and demographic transitions from high to low age dependency ratios, which in turn have important consequences for economic growth, poverty reduction, and improved health and nutrition outcomes. Ethiopia currently has one of the highest fertility rates in the world, although there are marked differences between rural and urban fertility rates. This paper explores the drivers of rural and urban fertility rates, including systematic tests of differences in key determinants. This further allows us to project fertility rates into the future based on alternative urbanization, economic growth, and education scenarios. Finally, we link these alternative projections with existing estimates of the benefits of fertility reductions on economic growth, nutrition, and poverty reduction

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.258728

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