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A Cliometric Model of Unified Growth: Family Organization and Economic Growth in the Long Run of History

Diebolt, Claude and Perrin, Faustine LU (2019) p.7-31
Abstract
This chapter explores the role of gender equality on the long-run economic
and demographic development path of industrialized countries. It accounts for
changes in fertility, technology and income per capita in the transition from
stagnation to sustained growth. Our unified cliometric growth model of female
empowerment suggests that changes in gender relations, triggered by
endogenous skill-biased technological progress, induce women to invest in
skilled education and begin a process of human capital accumulation. At the
same time, more time spent by women in education increases the opportunity
cost of having children and reduces fertility. This positive feedback loop
generates both a demographic and an... (More)
This chapter explores the role of gender equality on the long-run economic
and demographic development path of industrialized countries. It accounts for
changes in fertility, technology and income per capita in the transition from
stagnation to sustained growth. Our unified cliometric growth model of female
empowerment suggests that changes in gender relations, triggered by
endogenous skill-biased technological progress, induce women to invest in
skilled education and begin a process of human capital accumulation. At the
same time, more time spent by women in education increases the opportunity
cost of having children and reduces fertility. This positive feedback loop
generates both a demographic and an economic transition. (Less)
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Cliometrics, Economic growth, Gender, Fertility, Human capital
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Cliometrics of the Family : Studies in Economic History - Studies in Economic History
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24 pages
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Springer
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  • scopus:85078796986
ISBN
978-3-319-99480-2
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DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-99480-2_2
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English
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  abstract     = {{This chapter explores the role of gender equality on the long-run economic<br/>and demographic development path of industrialized countries. It accounts for<br/>changes in fertility, technology and income per capita in the transition from<br/>stagnation to sustained growth. Our unified cliometric growth model of female<br/>empowerment suggests that changes in gender relations, triggered by<br/>endogenous skill-biased technological progress, induce women to invest in<br/>skilled education and begin a process of human capital accumulation. At the<br/>same time, more time spent by women in education increases the opportunity<br/>cost of having children and reduces fertility. This positive feedback loop<br/>generates both a demographic and an economic transition.}},
  author       = {{Diebolt, Claude and Perrin, Faustine}},
  booktitle    = {{Cliometrics of the Family : Studies in Economic History}},
  isbn         = {{978-3-319-99480-2}},
  keywords     = {{Cliometrics; Economic growth; Gender; Fertility; Human capital}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{7--31}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  title        = {{A Cliometric Model of Unified Growth: Family Organization and Economic Growth in the Long Run of History}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99480-2_2}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-319-99480-2_2}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}