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Article

Abstract

his paper aims to explore the relationship between a country’s birth rate and GDP per capita. I use cross-sectional data for 108 countries from the CIA’s World Factbook and The World Bank. From the research, it is clear that countries with lower infant mortality rates and higher levels of female education have lower birth rates, but the impact of GDP per capita remains ambiguous. It appears the relationship between GDP per capita and birth rates may be mediated through factors such as female empowerment, better healthcare, contraception availability, and family planning resources.

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Jepson Undergraduate Conference on International Economics

Volume

4

Issue

2022

Copyright

©2022 by Proceedings of the Jepson Undergraduate Conference on International Economics

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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Economics Commons

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