Women’s Education, Family Planning, or Both? Application of Multistate Demographic Projections in India
Joint Authors
Source
International Journal of Population Research
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-01-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Economics & Business Administration
Economy
Abstract EN
Is education the best contraceptive? Using the multistate human capital projection model, our analysis shows that the projected changes in India population vary depending on investments in education and helping women reduce unwanted fertility rates, that investments in both education and helping women in each education category—but particularly less educated women—meet their wanted fertility will have the largest impacts on India’s population projections, and that the impact from investment in reducing unwanted fertility will be much more immediate and significant than only investments in education.
Our analysis also reveals that an increasing education transition rate in India will not only help to achieve a population age structure that is favorable for economic growth, but also result in a larger share of skilled labor force that help to achieve higher economic growth rate.
More importantly, investment in girls’ education and achieving gender equality in education will be the most effective measure to increase India’s population education level and improve its overall values of human capital.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jiang, Leiwen& Hardee, Karen. 2014. Women’s Education, Family Planning, or Both? Application of Multistate Demographic Projections in India. International Journal of Population Research،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-509919
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jiang, Leiwen& Hardee, Karen. Women’s Education, Family Planning, or Both? Application of Multistate Demographic Projections in India. International Journal of Population Research No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-509919
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jiang, Leiwen& Hardee, Karen. Women’s Education, Family Planning, or Both? Application of Multistate Demographic Projections in India. International Journal of Population Research. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-509919
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-509919