Faustine Perrin
Senior lecturer
A Cliometric Model of Unified Growth: Family Organization and Economic Growth in the Long Run of History
Author
Summary, in English
This chapter explores the role of gender equality on the long-run economic
and demographic development path of industrialized countries. It accounts for
changes in fertility, technology and income per capita in the transition from
stagnation to sustained growth. Our unified cliometric growth model of female
empowerment suggests that changes in gender relations, triggered by
endogenous skill-biased technological progress, induce women to invest in
skilled education and begin a process of human capital accumulation. At the
same time, more time spent by women in education increases the opportunity
cost of having children and reduces fertility. This positive feedback loop
generates both a demographic and an economic transition.
and demographic development path of industrialized countries. It accounts for
changes in fertility, technology and income per capita in the transition from
stagnation to sustained growth. Our unified cliometric growth model of female
empowerment suggests that changes in gender relations, triggered by
endogenous skill-biased technological progress, induce women to invest in
skilled education and begin a process of human capital accumulation. At the
same time, more time spent by women in education increases the opportunity
cost of having children and reduces fertility. This positive feedback loop
generates both a demographic and an economic transition.
Department/s
- Department of Economic History
- Centre for Economic Demography
Publishing year
2019
Language
English
Pages
7-31
Publication/Series
Cliometrics of the Family : Studies in Economic History
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Springer
Topic
- Economic History
Keywords
- Cliometrics
- Economic growth
- Gender
- Fertility
- Human capital
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-3-319-99479-6
- ISBN: 978-3-319-99480-2