The Gender Gap, Fertility and Growth

Oded Galor and David Weil

No 1157, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper examines a novel mechanism linking fertility and growth. There are three components to the model. First, increases in capital per worker raise women's relative wages, since capital is more complementary to women's labour input than to men's. Second, increasing women's relative wages reduces fertility by raising the cost of children more than household income. Third, lower fertility raises the level of capital per worker. This positive feedback loop generates a demographic transition: a rapid decline in fertility accompanied by accelerated output growth.

Keywords: Development Trap; Fertility; Gender Gap; Growth; Multiple Equilibria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J16 O11 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995-08
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Journal Article: The Gender Gap, Fertility, and Growth (1996)
Working Paper: The Gender Gap, Fertility and Growth (1993)
Working Paper: The Gender Gap, Fertility, and Growth (1993)
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