Comparative advantage, international trade, and fertility
| Autor: | Quy-Toan Do, Claudio Raddatz, Andrei A. Levchenko |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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fertility
Economics and Econometrics Economic Theory&Research Labor Policies Population Policies Labor Markets Trade Policy business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Total fertility rate comparative advantage 05 social sciences Absolute advantage Balance of trade Fertility International trade Development Bilateral trade Political science 0502 economics and business trade integration 050207 economics Trade barrier business Free trade Comparative advantage 050205 econometrics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Comparative Advantage, International Trade, and Fertility |
| ISSN: | 0304-3878 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.10.006 |
| Popis: | This paper analyzes theoretically and empirically the impact of comparative advantage in international trade on fertility. It builds a model in which industries differ in the extent to which they use female relative to male labor and countries are characterized by Ricardian comparative advantage in either female labor or male labor intensive goods. The main prediction of the model is that countries with comparative advantage in female labor intensive goods are characterized by lower fertility. This is because female wages and therefore the opportunity cost of children are higher in those countries. The paper demonstrates empirically that countries with comparative advantage in industries employing primarily women exhibit lower fertility. The analysis uses a geography-based instrument for trade patterns to isolate the causal effect of comparative advantage on fertility. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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