Globalization, economic and social development, and fertility decline in Bangladesh

Biswajit Maitra

Oxford Development Studies, 2024, vol. 52, issue 3, 279-296

Abstract: The fertility rate in Bangladesh has declined spectacularly from 6.8 in 1975 to 1.9 in 2021. This macro-level study assesses the role of globalization and a few economic and social variables on fertility rate for an extended period, 1975–2021, and separately for 1981–2021 and 1990–2021. It finds that globalization and each of its components are instrumental in declining fertility. The role of income is mostly positive. Educational attainment causes a declining fertility rate. Besides, a few estimations involving mean years of schooling (MYS) of males and females reveal an interesting fact that the MYS of males causes declining fertility, while that of females has the opposite impact. The impact of life expectancy is positive in the long run but negative in the short run. Population growth causes a rise in the fertility rate, while gender development has no consequential impact. The findings of this thorough analysis are unique as they document the impact of globalization as well as some other potential variables on the fertility rate. Previous studies have mostly concentrated on the role of family programs and the use of contraceptive use in Bangladesh.

Date: 2024
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/13600818.2024.2416186 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:oxdevs:v:52:y:2024:i:3:p:279-296

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/CODS20

DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2024.2416186

Access Statistics for this article

Oxford Development Studies is currently edited by Jo Boyce and Frances Stewart

More articles in Oxford Development Studies from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst ().