Selected socio-economic factors co-occurring with high fertility rate in the OECD countries

Investigating the Relationship between Unemployment Rate and Economic Growth Rate in Iran and Selected Countries

Abstract. According to a rule known as the Okan Law, for one percent decrease (increase) in the unemployment rate, the economic growth rate will increase (decrease) by approximately 0.3 percent. In other words, there is a negative relationship between the unemployment rate and the economic growth rate. This study examines the establishment of this relationship. Contrary to expectations, the rel...

Socio-economic, Demographic and Religious Factors Determining Fertility in Kerala

Trust and Fertility: Evidence from OECD countries

Using panel data for 24 (OECD) countries during the period 1980–2004 this study examines how social trust affects fertility. The major finding through the random effects approach is that the social trust increases the fertility rate. A 1% rise in the trust rate leads to an increase in fertility by 0.01 points. The results presented here suggest that in developed countries, trust underlies the d...

Socio-economic factors Affected the Recent Fertility Decline in Iran and Some Comparison with other MENA Countries

Human fertility has declined in all of the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries in the recent years, Iran had the largest decline, however. What factors have affected the fertility decline in Iran, and as compared with other MENA countries, is the question of this paper. Fertility, higher education, and other measures were used for comparison. Regression analysis was also carried out ...

The impact of exchange rate on economic growth under different exchange rate regimes (in selected countries developed and developing)

This paper examines the role of different exchange rate regimes on relationship between  exchange rate volatility and economic growth. To investigate this relationship, information of 53 countries with floating and fixed exchange rate regimes in the period of 1987-2016 are considered. GARCH technique is used to estimate exchange rate volatility and Difference GMM technique for estimating the mo...