(2006) Political Instability, Gender Discrimination, and Population Growth in Developing Countries. Journal of Population Economics 19: 431 – 446. (Co-authored with Ulla Lehmijoki)

Abstract. This paper introduces gender discrimination and population growth into a model of political economy. It is assumed that households are family dynasties and the government keeps up the army for the case of political instability in the country. It is shown that there are economic limits to conscription from young men. Therefore, to ensure the sufficient supply of the men in the conscription age,the government boosts population growth though hampering the participation of women in production. Some
empirical evidence on the interdependence of political instability and population growth is provided. DOWNLOAD