Urban Slums and Fertility Rate Differentials

IF 0.4 Q4 DEMOGRAPHY Population Review Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI:10.1353/PRV.2018.0006
S. Hassan, Ron Mahabir
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Abstract:Over the last 50 years, least developed countries have experienced dramatic population growth due to high fertility rates and poor economic conditions within these countries. In order to tackle this issue, many least developed countries have made remarkable strides to lower their fertility rates. However, while for some countries fertility rates have been on the decline, for other countries such as those in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), their fertility rates are still among the highest in the world. Such variations in fertility rates have led to many studies on this issue. However, the possible role of populations with typical high fertility rates, such as those in slums, have been given much less attention. This paper investigates the role of growing slums as a moderating factor that could possibly contribute to explaining the reasons behind the failure of some regions, such as MENA and SSA, to bring down fertility rates to a satisfactory level. Our panel fixed effects and two-stage least square results of 72 developing countries during the period 1990-2014 support the positive effect of slums on fertility rate after controlling for endogeneity, country and time fixed effects, as well other drivers of fertility.
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城市贫民窟和生育率差异
摘要:在过去的50年里,由于生育率高和经济条件差,最不发达国家经历了急剧的人口增长。为了解决这一问题,许多最不发达国家在降低生育率方面取得了显著进展。然而,虽然一些国家的生育率一直在下降,但对于中东和北非(MENA)和撒哈拉以南非洲(SSA)等其他国家来说,它们的生育率仍然是世界上最高的。生育率的这种差异导致了对这个问题的许多研究。但是,典型的高生育率人口,例如贫民窟人口可能发挥的作用却很少得到注意。本文调查了日益增长的贫民窟作为一个调节因素的作用,这可能有助于解释一些地区(如中东和北非地区和南撒哈拉地区)未能将生育率降至令人满意的水平背后的原因。我们在1990-2014年间对72个发展中国家的面板固定效应和两阶段最小二乘结果支持在控制了内生性、国家和时间固定效应以及其他生育率驱动因素后,贫民窟对生育率的积极影响。
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期刊介绍: Population Review publishes scholarly research that covers a broad range of social science disciplines, including demography, sociology, social anthropology, socioenvironmental science, communication, and political science. The journal emphasizes empirical research and strives to advance knowledge on the interrelationships between demography and sociology. The editor welcomes submissions that combine theory with solid empirical research. Articles that are of general interest to population specialists are also desired. International in scope, the journal’s focus is not limited by geography. Submissions are encouraged from scholars in both the developing and developed world. Population Review publishes original articles and book reviews. Content is published online immediately after acceptance.
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