The effects of socialist transformation on the fertility of the rural population of Ethiopia.

Abstract

"Drawing on the experience of pre-revolutionary Russia, Poland, India, the Philippines and Kenya, an attempt is made to assess the implications the 1975 Land Reform will have [for] fertility in rural Ethiopia. The experience of these countries strongly suggests that in the short run, the 1975 Land Reform will have a powerful positive effect on the fertility of the rural population. Change in favour of smaller families will set in once the peasant mode of production becomes progressively socialized."