Family and Economic Growth: A World-System Approach and a Cross-National Analysis

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Kick ◽  
B. Davis ◽  
M. Lehtinen ◽  
L. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
System Approach ◽  
World System ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
Cross National

Family and Economic Growth: A World-System Approach and a Cross-National Analysis

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-244
Author(s):  
Edward Kick ◽  
Byron Davis ◽  
Marlene Lehtinen ◽  
Liya Wang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
System Approach ◽  
World System ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
Cross National

Women’s Status and Fertility Differential in the World-System: A Cross-National Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 246-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rifat Akhter
Keyword(s):  
World System ◽  
Women's Status ◽  
Power Relationship ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Dependent Development ◽  
Women’S Status ◽  
System A ◽  
And Gender ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
Cross National

Abstract Using World-System and Gender and Development theories to examine women’s status and fertility in the high fertility countries, I argue that fertility behavior is strongly related to an unequal power relationship between husbands and wives, which occurs because of a dependent economy. Dependent economy creates economic inequality and limits prospects for women’s upward mobility, which may be an important factor for maintaining high fertility. This research examines empirical data from 82 countries—where total fertility rate is higher than 2.1 per woman in a given nation. The study includes both semi-periphery and periphery regions with planned and market-oriented economies in order to investigate the influence of investment and dependent development on women’s status and fertility.

Democracy and Growth: The Sub-Saharan African Case, 1960-1992

1996 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Feng
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Domestic Investment ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
Initial Size ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
Cross National

This article conducts a cross-national analysis of forty sub-Saharan African countries during the years 1960-1992. It examines the long-run relationship between political democracy and economic growth, taking advantage of the availability of large economic and political data sets. The conclusion from this study is that the economy grows faster under a regime that enjoys a higher level of institutionalized democracy. It is also found that a positive feedback relationship exists between democracy and growth; while democracy promotes growth, growth leads to a higher level of democratization. In addition, it is found that the duration of authoritarian rule decreases economic growth, while growth shortens the tenure of an autocratic government. Other factors that account for growth in sub-Saharan African countries include the initial size of the economy, human capital stocks, domestic investment share, and international trade.

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