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Trade, employment and fertility transition

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  • Ai-Ting Goh

    (NUS - National University of Singapore)

Abstract

This paper investigates the link between trade and fertility in developing countries. Household fertility is determined by the time cost of children. Women working in the manufacturing sector face a higher time cost, and hence desire fewer children than women working in the agricultural sector. If the developing country has a comparative advantage in labour-intensive manufactures, then trade raises the demand for female labour in the manufacturing sector, thus lowering fertility.

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  • Ai-Ting Goh, 1999. "Trade, employment and fertility transition," Post-Print hal-00481683, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00481683
    DOI: 10.1080/09638199900000010
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