Arbeitspapier

The Slow Demographic Transition in Regions Vulnerable to Climate Change

We consider how the demographic transition has been shaped in regions that are the least developed and the most vulnerable to climate change. Environmental conditions affect intra-household labor allocation because of the impacts on local resources under the poor infrastructural system. Climate change causes damage to local resources, offsetting the role of technological progress in saving time that women spend on their housework. Hence, the gender inequality in education/income is upheld, delaying declines in fertility and creating population momentum. The bigger population, in turn, degrades local resources through expanded production. The interplay between local resources, gender inequality, and population, under the persistent effect of climate change, may thus generate a slow demographic transition and stagnation. We provide empirical confirmation for our theoretical predictions from 44 Sub-Saharan African countries.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15646

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Sustainable Development
Renewable Resources and Conservation: General
Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
Thema
climate change
local resources
fertility
gender inequality in education
slow demographic transition

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Dao, Thang
Kalkuhl, Matthias
Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2022

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Dao, Thang
  • Kalkuhl, Matthias
  • Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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