Benue State University, Makurdi

ALTRUISM AND POPULATION GROWTH IN NIGERIA: DOES GENDER IDENTITY BIAS MATTER

ANDOHOL, Jerome Terhemba

Abstract

In the attempt to investigate whether gender identity bias matters in the altruismpopulation growth nexus in Nigeria between 1981 to 2018, the study utilized the Auto Regression Distributed Lag (ARDL) methodology to reveal that indeed gender identity bias matters, given that women are more pro-altruistic to children than men in the face of rising population growth. That is, as women labour participation increase so does their altruism to children's upkeep increases, while the reverse is the case for men. The study suggested that to enhance parental altruism towards the child, the firms and government should institute incentives and strategies that will stimulate female labour participation in the work environment. This has the capacity to not only boost productivity but also increase the per capita income, which will transmit to higher proportions of parental altruism to children.

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