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Gender equity, social institutions and the future of fertility

Author(s) -

Peter McDonald

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

journal of the australian population association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0814-5725

DOI - 10.1007/bf03029445

Subject(s) - gender equity , fertility , equity (law) , social equality , demographic economics , social institution , political science , economic growth , economics , sociology , demography , social science , population , law

Sustained very low levels of fertility in advanced countries can be explained by incoherence between the levels of gender equity applying in different social institutions. In countries with very low levels of fertility, high levels of gender equity are postulated in institutions that deal with people as individuals, while low levels of gender equity apply in institutions that deal with people as members of families.

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