How Women's Rights Affect Fertility: Evidence From Nigeria

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Godefroy, Raphael
• 署名单位: Universite de Montreal; Universite de Montreal
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12610
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 1247-1280
• 关键词: baby boom; work; electrification; improvements; institutions; education; sharia; HEALTH; IMPACT; POWER

摘要

This article estimates the impact on fertility of a 1999 reform that reduced litigants' rights for Muslim women in certain states of Nigeria. Using data from Demographic and Health Surveys, I find that, where enforced, the Reform increased the yearly probability of giving birth by 0.026. This effect stems from both a shift of fertility decisions within marriage towards husbands' preferences and an increase in the probability of being married. The change in marital status alone may explain 60% of the total increase in fertility. I also find that the enforced Reform increased women's labour supply.