Pronatal Property Rights over Land and Fertility Outcomes

This study exploits a natural experiment to investigate the impact of land reform on the fertility outcomes of households in rural Ethiopia. Public policies and customs created a situation where Ethiopian households could influence their usufruct rights to land via a demographic expansion of the family. The study evaluates the impact of the abolishment of these pronatal property rights on fertility outcomes. By matching aggregated census data before and after the reform with administrative data on the reform, a difference-in-differences approach between reform and non-reform districts is used to assess the impact of the reform on fertility outcomes. The impact appears to be large. The study estimates that women in rural areas reduced their life-time fertility by 1.2 children due to the reform. Robustness checks show that the impact estimates are not biased by spillovers or policy endogeneity.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Kemper, Niels, Ali, Daniel Ayalew, Deininger, Klaus
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-09
Subjects:	HOUSEHOLD SIZE, FERTILITY BEHAVIOR, ECONOMIC GROWTH, FAMILY TIES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, PEOPLE, FAMILY PLANNING INFORMATION, FAMILY SIZES, CENSUS DATA, ECONOMIC WELFARE, EXPECTATIONS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, POLICY CHANGE, POPULATION CONTROL, HUMAN REPRODUCTION, WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, PUBLIC SERVICES, POPULATION DEVELOPMENT, FERTILITY PATTERNS, EARLY MARRIAGES, OWNERSHIP OF LAND, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POPULATION POLICIES, LIFETIME FERTILITY, NEWBORN CHILD, FAMILY MEMBERS, INCENTIVES, EQUILIBRIUM, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, ECONOMIC RIGHTS, LAND TENURE, POPULATION SIZE, OLD-AGE, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ENUMERATION AREAS, EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS, PRESENT VALUE, PUBLIC POLICY, LABOR MARKET, POPULATION CENSUS, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, RATE OF POPULATION GROWTH, POLITICAL DECISION, POPULATION MATTERS, TOTAL FERTILITY RATE, POPULATION CHANGE, POPULATION GROWTH, FERTILITY RATES, FAMILY SIZE, DEMOCRACY, EXTERNALITIES, COMMITTEE ON POPULATION, INDUSTRIALIZATION, FERTILITY RATE, CHILDBEARING AGE, ADOPTION, DEBT, LAND DEGRADATION, SCHOOL EXPENDITURES, LAND OWNERSHIP, MARRIAGE, LARGER FAMILIES, CHILD WELFARE, ECONOMIC CHANGE, RADIO, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, TAXES, RESPECT, ENTITLEMENTS, PROGRESS, RESOURCES, HUMAN CAPITAL, LIVE BIRTH, WAGES, POLICIES, WORLD POPULATION POLICIES, WOMAN, POPULATION PROBLEM, AGE, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, DIVORCE, POLICY MAKERS, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPULATION, CENSUS, REPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS, AGE GROUPS, WORKSHOP, RURAL POVERTY, FAMILY PLANNING, FEWER CHILDREN, EXPENDITURES, PROPERTY, IMPACT ON FERTILITY, ENVIRONMENT, MOTHER, BULLETIN, CHILDBEARING, POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS, FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR, ECONOMICS, POLICY, SPILLOVER, NATURAL RESOURCE BASE, SEX, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, TRADE, LAND, UNMARRIED WOMEN, WAR, NATURAL RESOURCE, WORLD POPULATION, CENSUSES, NUMBER OF BIRTHS, RURAL AREAS, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, MEN, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, POPULATION, MARITAL STATUS, CHILD LABOR, POLICY RESEARCH, UNFPA, FERTILITY, WOMEN, INHERITANCE, NEWBORN, ENVIRONMENTAL, AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, PRICES, ECONOMIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25080365/pronatal-property-rights-over-land-fertility-outcomes-evidence-natural-experiment-ethiopia https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22841
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