Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267383 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15646
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
climate change
local resources
fertility
gender inequality in education
slow demographic transition
JEL: 
J11
J16
Q01
Q20
Q54
Q56
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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