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Title Addressing Poverty In Nigeria through Fertility and Female labour Force Participation
Full text http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/17719/1/Addressing%20Poverty.pdf
Date 2020
Author(s) Areo, Oluwafadekemi S.; Gershon, Obindah
Abstract This study investigated whether the rising fertility rate is responsible for low female labour force participation and simultaneously increasing the poverty level in Nigeria. Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model was used to analyze the variable of interest. The results showed bi-directional causality between fertility rate and female labour force participation in Nigeria, while a uni-directional causality exists between fertility rate and poverty level; and between female labour force participation rate and poverty level, respectively. In addition, it was found that cointegration exists only between poverty level and fertility rate as none exists between poverty and female labour force participation. Furthermore, fertility rate is significant for increasing poverty level, while one period lagged female labour force participation rate is only significant in reducing present period poverty. The study recommends that the government formulate policies that encourage mothers to productively participate in formal businesses towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2 and 5.
Subject(s) H Social Sciences (General); HB Economic Theory
Language en
Publisher Sciedu Press
Relation http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/17719/; http://rwe.sciedupress.com; https://doi.org/10.5430/rwe.v11n3p261
Type of publication Article; PeerReviewed
Format application/pdf
Identifier Areo, Oluwafadekemi S. and Gershon, Obindah (2020) Addressing Poverty In Nigeria through Fertility and Female labour Force Participation. Research in World Economy, 11 (3). pp. 261-283. ISSN 1923-3981 E-ISSN 1923-399X
Repository Nigeria - Covenant University
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