Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 9-2017
Abstract
Abstract: The paper investigates the factors behind the slowdown in demographic transition in Egypt across different geographical and socio-economic groups. The authors relax the assumption of a uniform fertility behavior across households and re-visit interrelationships between demography and economic indicators from a micro perspective. Empirical findings reject mainstream beliefs that slow demographic transition in Egypt is attributed to the poorer, south-located and less-educated households. Fertility behaviors in Urban Egypt and among the high-educated females are found to be key contributors to the slowdown of demographic transition. Unemployment among the high-educated females in addition to lower public and foreign spending on family planning that accompanied political instabilities following January 25th revolution escalated the demographic pressures further. These findings have implications on the appropriate future demographic policies needed to speed up demographic transition in Egypt.
Recommended Citation
Nassar, H, Magued Osman and Sarah Elkhishin, 2017. “A Micro-Investigation of the reasons behind the slowdown of Demographic transition in Egypt: Will Egypt Witness a Demographic Window?”, International Journal of Economic Research, (IJER), Vol.14 March (2017). Indexed in Scopus Citation index.