Credit programs for the poor and reproductive behavior in low-income countries: Are the reported causal relationships the result of heterogeneity bias?
Credit programs for the poor and reproductive behavior in low-income countries: Are the reported causal relationships the result of heterogeneity bias?
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DOI：
10.2307/2648131
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发表时间：
1999-02-01
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Latif, MA
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作者：
Pitt, MM;Khandker, SR;Latif, MA
针对穷人的团体贷款计划最近引起了人们的广泛关注。由于这些方案中有许多是针对妇女的，一个重要的研究问题是，方案的参与是否会显著改变生殖行为，以及参与者的性别是否重要。使用来自87个孟加拉国村庄的调查数据，我们估计的影响，女性和男性参与基于群体的信贷计划的生殖行为，同时参加自我选择和endoadenoma的问题。我们没有发现任何证据表明，妇女参与基于群体的信贷计划增加避孕药具的使用或降低生育率男性的参与降低生育率，并可能略有增加避孕药具的使用。
Group-based lending programs for the poor have drawn much attention recently. As many of these programs target women, an important research question is whether program participation significantly changes reproductive behavior and whether the gender of the participant matters. Using survey data from 87 Bangladeshi villages, we estimate the impact of female and male participation in group-based credit programs on reproductive behavior while attending to issues of self-selection and endogeneity. We find no evidence that women's participation in group-based credit programs increases contraceptive use or reduces fertility Men's participation reduces fertility and may slightly increase contraceptive use.