Sambandet mellan arbetslöshet och fertilitet i låginkomstländer - Med fokus på skillnaden mellan effekterna av manlig och kvinnlig arbetslöshet

Abstract

The relationship between unemployment and fertility rate is a popular research area since fertility rate is an important factor for development. Few have chosen to look at developing countries, which is why this is our focus area. In our bachelor thesis we explore this relationship by comparing female and male unemployment to see the potential different effects on fertility rate. Our findings are based on various econometric models and regressions, where we for instance use lagged and first difference variables. We find that female unemployment raises the fertility rate, because of dominating substitution effect, while male unemployment has a negative effect, for developing countries. The results were mainly significant. This was according to our hypothesis. Finally, we found no significant relationship between total unemployment and fertility rate for developing countries.