Weak support for a U-shaped pattern between societal gender equality and fertility when comparing societies across time

2019/01/15 by Martin Kolk · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Family Dynamics and Relationships #Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics #Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences

paper · doi:10.4054/demres.2019.40.2

openalex publication_date 2019/01/15 · openalex created_date 2019/01/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/27

Abstract

A number of recent theories in demography suggest a U-shaped relationship between gender equality and fertility. Fertility is theorized to be high in societies with low levels of gender equality, as well as in societies with high gender equality, with lowe

Citations

• The Gender Revolution: A Framework for Understanding Changing Family and Demographic Behavior
• Re‐theorizing Family Demographics
• Gender Equity in Theories of Fertility Transition

Discussions

• Compare with this study, where I show that this pattern does not hold longitudinally. Countries with high fertility in the 2000s did not see increases in fertility with higher gender equality. Such [bsky, 2 points, 1 comments]

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