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Claus Pörtner
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Professor of Economics at Seattle University. My main research interests are population, household, and development economics.
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Companion figure: The gaps are smaller for surviving children (in black) than for children ever born (in gray), at the same grade levels—consistent with child survival and school quality shaping cross-regional fertility differences.
Panel plot by region (East Asia & Pacific, Latin America & Caribbean, South Asia) and age group (20–29, 30–39, 40–49). Y-axis: ‘Difference Between Sub-Saharan Africa and Region’ in children ever born and in the number of surviving; X-axis: Education (0–16 years). Differences are uniformly smaller for surviving children than for children ever born, especially around the end of primary school.
August 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Figure: Differences in children ever born between SSA and other regions by years of schooling (ages 20–29, 30–39, 40–49). Gaps peak near the end of primary, then decline. Rural results shown here; urban similar.
Panel plot by region (East Asia & Pacific, Latin America & Caribbean, South Asia) and age group (20–29, 30–39, 40–49). Y-axis: ‘Difference Between Sub-Saharan Africa and Region’ in children-ever-born; X-axis: Education (0–16 years). Error bars shown. Differences increase through primary school years and then decline; little difference at secondary+.
August 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM