Research Group

Kinship Inequalities

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

Understanding Educational Differentials on Fertility Intentions and Behavior

Saroja Adhikari, Wolfgang Lutz; in Collaboration with Samir KC (International Institute for Applied System Analysis, Austria), Endale Birhanu Kebede (MPIDR)

This project documents educational differentials in fertility at regional, national, and subnational level in countries of the Global South. The results will improve our understanding of the mechanisms underlying fertility change, a topic with broad scientific and policy implications.  Detailed Description

Publications

Adhikari, S.; Lutz, W.; KC, S.:

Rural/urban fertility differentials and the role of female education in declining birth rates: comparative analysis in Asia, Africa, and Latin America

Asian Population Studies , 1–25. (2024)    

Adhikari, S.; Lutz, W.; Kebede, E. B.:

Forecasting Africa’s fertility decline by female education groups

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121:46, e2320247121–e2320247121. (2024)