Liberté, egalité, fraternité exploring the role of governance in fertility decline

A secular decline in fertility has taken place across the globe within a short span of human history. The timing and pace of this decline correspond broadly with changes in socio-political institutions in different regions of the world, of Asia, and of India. We hypothesise that this shift in child-...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of development studies
1. Verfasser: Das Gupta, Monica (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: 1999
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Zusammenfassung:A secular decline in fertility has taken place across the globe within a short span of human history. The timing and pace of this decline correspond broadly with changes in socio-political institutions in different regions of the world, of Asia, and of India. We hypothesise that this shift in child-bearing behaviour is related to cognitive changes wrought by the replacement of deeply hierarchical socio-political institutions by the more egalitarian institutions of modern governance. (DSE/DÜI)
Beschreibung:In: The journal of development studies
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ISSN:0022-0388