Articles in Economic Development and Cultural Change
- Schooling Attainment, Parental Education and Gender in Code
d'Ivoire and Ghana
Aysit Tansel, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, and Yale University
The recent literature on development documents that education increases the
productivity of the labor force, improves health, enhances quality of life, betters
the income distribution, and advances the development potential of the economy.
The article investigates the determinants of the human capital investments for
male and female children in Code d'Ivoire and Ghana as they relate to their
parent's education, household income, and proximity to schools. The schooling
attainment of the children (male and female) are found to be strongly related to
their parent's education in both countries.
Volume 45 No. 4 pp. 825-856 July 1997
- The Effects of Fertility Intentions and Access to Services on
Contraceptive use in Tunisia
Susan H. Cochrance, World Bank. David K. Guilkey, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The study indicates fertility decline in Tunisia and suggested that other countries
embracing on programs to stimulate their own demographic transitions.
Cross-sectional analysis of the determinants of contraceptive use and fertility as
carried out in this article indicate how Tunisia itself might most profitably expand
future increase in contaceptive use and, thus accelerate fertility decline.
Volume 43 No. 4 pp. 779-799 July 1995
- Fertility in Rural Sudan: The Effect of Landholding and Child
Mortality
Nour Eldin Maglad, Yale University and Gezira University, Sudan.
The paper indicates a positive impact of landholding of fertility due to the fact
that agricultural households to a large extend depend on their own families for
this supply labor. The study shows that raising the operational holding by 50%
would raise the mean fertility from 7.16 to 7.7. from the other hand the number
of child death reduced from 1.54 to .77. Therefore, population expected to grow
faster with the decline in child mortality if parents continue to desire the same
number of birth as before the mortality decline. The study also shows that
household's education has increase effect on fertility.
Volume 41 No. 4 pp. 761-772 July 1994
- Rotten Kids or Manipulative Parents: Are Children Old Age
Security in West Kenya?
John Hoddinott, Trinity College and Center for the Study of African Economies,
Oxford
In developing countries, children are often perceived as providers of old age
security. That is, they are a source of assistance when parents are unable
to care for themselves. Old age security is frequently cited as a rationale for
high fertility and there exists much anecdotal and indicative evidence
regarding the value of children to the elderly. The study indicates that
children in West Kenya serve as old age security in that they supply food,
money, and assistance with households tasks. Elderly households with greater
number of children are better care for than those with fewer children.
Volume 40 No. 3 pp. 545-564 April 1992
- Son Preference and Contraception in Egypt
Hassan Y. Aly, Ohio State University ? Marion. Micheal P. Shields,
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Son preference appear to be an important determinant of contraception and,
hence, fertility in Egypt. Contraception increase dramatically at each parity as
the number of sons increase. The study indicates that rural families, which are
more likely to exhibit strong son preference, have lower contraception rates
than urban families. The Malthusian remedy of encouraging marriage
postponedment through enhanced educational opportunities appear to be an
important policy variable for reducing population growth.
Volume 39 No. 2 pp. 353-370 January 1991
John Strauss (Yale University )
Although the Code d?Ivoire has been generally regarded one of the few
economics success stories in Sub-Saharan Africa, yet it has been widely
attacked for lagging in social and health investments as well as for regional
inequality. But according to the study the indications of nutritional status
(child height and weight-for-height) for rural children, shows that nutrition
problems in rural Code d?Ivoire are mild by African standard. However, the
study suggested that nutrition status could be improved by a general
improvement of the living standard in rural areas as well as by the
improvement of education level for the (future) parents. And by the
investment in social health to reduce major diseases (specially Malaria).
Volume 38 No. 2 pp. 231-261 January 1990
