Urbanization and fertility rates in Ethiopia

Fertility rates are important determinants of overall population growth and demographic transitions from high to low age dependency ratios. These in turn have important consequences for economic growth, poverty reduction, and improved health and nutrition outcomes. Ethiopia currently has one of the...

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Autores principales: Tadesse, Fanaye, Headey, Derek D.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153820
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description Fertility rates are important determinants of overall population growth and demographic transitions from high to low age dependency ratios. These 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. These further allow 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 reduction on economic growth, nutrition, and poverty reduction.
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spelling CGSpace1538202025-11-06T06:19:13Z Urbanization and fertility rates in Ethiopia Tadesse, Fanaye Headey, Derek D. urbanization fertility Fertility rates are important determinants of overall population growth and demographic transitions from high to low age dependency ratios. These 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. These further allow 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 reduction on economic growth, nutrition, and poverty reduction. 2012 2024-10-01T13:57:50Z 2024-10-01T13:57:50Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153820 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute Tadesse, Fanaye; Headey, Derek D. 2012. Urbanization and fertility rates in Ethiopia. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153820
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Tadesse, Fanaye
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Urbanization and fertility rates in Ethiopia
title Urbanization and fertility rates in Ethiopia
title_full Urbanization and fertility rates in Ethiopia
title_fullStr Urbanization and fertility rates in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Urbanization and fertility rates in Ethiopia
title_short Urbanization and fertility rates in Ethiopia
title_sort urbanization and fertility rates in ethiopia
topic urbanization
fertility
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