Distributive Implications of Fertility Changes in Latin America

Autores
Badaracco, Nicolás; Gasparini, Leonardo; Marchionni, Mariana
Año de publicación
2017
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Fertility rates significantly fell over the last decades in Latin America. In order to assess the extent to which these changes contributed to the observed reduction in income poverty and inequality we apply microeconometric decompositions to microdata from national household surveys from seven Latin American countries. We find that changes in fertility rates were associated to a non-negligible reduction in inequality and poverty in the region. The main channel was straightforward: lower fertility implied smaller families and hence larger per capita incomes. Lower fertility also fostered labor force participation, especially among women, which contributed to the reduction of poverty and inequality in most countries, although the size of this effect was smaller.
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title Distributive Implications of Fertility Changes in Latin America
spellingShingle Distributive Implications of Fertility Changes in Latin America
Badaracco, Nicolás
Ciencias Económicas
Fertilidad
Pobreza
title_short Distributive Implications of Fertility Changes in Latin America
title_full Distributive Implications of Fertility Changes in Latin America
title_fullStr Distributive Implications of Fertility Changes in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Distributive Implications of Fertility Changes in Latin America
title_sort Distributive Implications of Fertility Changes in Latin America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Badaracco, Nicolás
Gasparini, Leonardo
Marchionni, Mariana
author Badaracco, Nicolás
author_facet Badaracco, Nicolás
Gasparini, Leonardo
Marchionni, Mariana
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author2 Gasparini, Leonardo
Marchionni, Mariana
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
Fertilidad
Pobreza
topic Ciencias Económicas
Fertilidad
Pobreza
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Fertility rates significantly fell over the last decades in Latin America. In order to assess the extent to which these changes contributed to the observed reduction in income poverty and inequality we apply microeconometric decompositions to microdata from national household surveys from seven Latin American countries. We find that changes in fertility rates were associated to a non-negligible reduction in inequality and poverty in the region. The main channel was straightforward: lower fertility implied smaller families and hence larger per capita incomes. Lower fertility also fostered labor force participation, especially among women, which contributed to the reduction of poverty and inequality in most countries, although the size of this effect was smaller.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS)
description Fertility rates significantly fell over the last decades in Latin America. In order to assess the extent to which these changes contributed to the observed reduction in income poverty and inequality we apply microeconometric decompositions to microdata from national household surveys from seven Latin American countries. We find that changes in fertility rates were associated to a non-negligible reduction in inequality and poverty in the region. The main channel was straightforward: lower fertility implied smaller families and hence larger per capita incomes. Lower fertility also fostered labor force participation, especially among women, which contributed to the reduction of poverty and inequality in most countries, although the size of this effect was smaller.
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