Does Democracy Foster the Fertility Transition?
利用1870-2000年的跨国面板数据，研究发现民主制度会促进生育率下降，且这一效应在控制教育、死亡风险和人均GDP后依然显著，揭示了民主影响发展的一个具体机制。
Summary Using an unbalanced panel covering the period 1870‐2000, we find that democracy favours fertility declines. This result suggests that democratic and autocratic environments might affect differently the proximate determinants of fertility. In our analysis we show that democracy affects fertility after controlling for education, mortality risk and GDP per capita. This paper adds to the literature that addresses the issue of identifying how democracy might affect development by identifying and assessing the relevance of a specific mechanism: that is, fostering the fertility transition.