Do Microfinance Programs Change Fertility? Evidence Using Panel Data from Bangladesh

Küchler, Andreas

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“…Our current findings are consistent with previous research specific to Bangladesh that suggests that women participating in microfinance programs were more likely to use contraceptives compared to those not in microfinance (Murshid and Ely, 2016) and that longer participation in microfinance is associated with increased use of contraceptives (Goldberg, 2005). Current findings are also consistent with other evidence suggesting that decreases in fertility are associated with microfinance programs in Bangladesh (Kuchler, 2012). Moreover, these findings correspond with another study from Haiti, suggesting that microfinance was associated with increased chances of condom use and reduced HIV-risk behavior (Rosenberg et al, 2011).…”

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Microfinance participation and contraceptive use and intention in Bangladesh

Murshid

Ely

2018

International Social Work

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This study assessed the association between microfinance participation and contraceptive use and intention among 46,639 women between the ages of 15 and 49 years from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHS) 2007, 2011, and 2014 using chi-square tests and multinomial logistic regression. The multivariate model revealed that the model explained 14 percent of the variance in contraceptive use and intention. Adjusted beta coefficients revealed that when microfinance participation increased by one unit, use of modern methods of contraception significantly increased by 0.32. The study findings suggest that women are more likely to use modern methods of contraception when they participate in microfinance.

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Microfinance participation and contraceptive use and intention in Bangladesh

Murshid

Ely

2018

International Social Work

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“…Nevertheless, the empirical studies in relating financial development and fertility are still lacking, both quantitatively as well as qualitatively. However, the works by Cigno and Rosati (1992), Lehr (1999), Boldrin, Nardi, and Jones (2005), Kuchler (2012), Filoso and Papagni (2015), Idris, Habibullah, and Din (2018) have explored the possible link between fertility and financial development. Cigno and Rosati (1992) test the "Old Age Security Hypothesis" by employing cointegration analysis on Italian…”

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Does financial development influence fertility rate in South Asian economies? An empirical insight

2020

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The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the effect of financial development on fertility rate along with other major indicators in select South Asian economies over the period 1990-2016. The study uses various statistical techniques such as Johansen-Fisher panel co-integration approaches are employed to examine the long-run relationship among the variables and for statistically quantile regression is employed. The study finds that the variables under consideration are found to be cointegrated, that is, they are found to be having a long-term relationship. By using three different measures of financial sector development, it is also observed that financial sector development has invariably led to a declining fertility rate in the south Asian region during the study period.

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“…Nevertheless, the empirical studies in relating financial development and fertility are still lacking. However, the works by Cigno and Rosati (1992), Filoso and Papagni (2015), Kuchler (2012) and Lehr (1999) had explored the possible link between fertility and financial development or the banking sector. Cigno and Rosati (1992) test the "old-age security" hypothesis by examining the saving and fertility decisions that are affected by the availability and attractiveness of market-based or state-provided alternatives to the family as a source of old age support.…”

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Does Financial Development Contribute to Fertility Decline in Malaysia? An Empirical Investigation

2018

JEM

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The "old-age security" and "complete substitutability" hypotheses suggest that financial market can affect individuals' decision to have less or more children. It has been recognised in the literature that at low level of financial development, children are considered an asset and a form of investment that could provide returns and security during old age. However, at higher level of financial development, individuals have more access to the financial market that can provide funds and financing during old age and as a result the demand for children is less. Furthermore, increase in female labour participation rate in the financial industry as well as in other economic sectors will also induce demand for fewer children. In Malaysia, the development of banks as well as the non-banking financial institutions has broadened credit accessibility to households and it could affects household's decisions over the number of children they should have. Thus, the present paper empirically investigates the long-run relationship between fertility rate, financial development, income and household consumption in Malaysia for the period 1975 to 2013. In this study we employed the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) modelling approach for the testing of cointegration. Our results suggest that financial development and household consumption expenditure are negatively related to fertility rate, while fertility rate portrays a non-linear long-run relationship with income, thus exhibiting an inverted U-shaped curve with income in Malaysia.

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Do Microfinance Programs Change Fertility? Evidence Using Panel Data from Bangladesh

Cited by 4 publications

References 24 publications

Microfinance participation and contraceptive use and intention in Bangladesh

Microfinance participation and contraceptive use and intention in Bangladesh

Does financial development influence fertility rate in South Asian economies? An empirical insight

Does Financial Development Contribute to Fertility Decline in Malaysia? An Empirical Investigation

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