variables. We find that improved access to credit increases fertility with an elasticity of around 30%, while the effect of the …

examines the impact of the privatization of kibbutzim on fertility behavior among members. We find that fertility declined by 6 … due to privatization, our results suggest that financial considerations may be a more modest factor in fertility decisions …

identify the impact of changes in the price of a marginal child on fertility. We find a positive, statistically significant …, and economically meaningful price effect on overall fertility and, consistent with Becker (1960) and Becker and Tomes … (1976), a small effect of income on fertility, which is negative at low and positive at high income levels. We also find a …

not increase the likelihood existing marriages are preserved. Fertility is modestly accelerated by a lottery win, but … there is little effect on total fertility. Our results support a causal pathway behind differences in homeownership and …

focus on uninsurable risk and intergenerational consumption smoothing but abstract from the fertility decision, such as … Loury [1981] and Laitner [1992], and models without risk that focus on the fertility decision, such as Becker and Barro … [1988]. I show that when both uninsurable risk and fertility decisions are present, a striking result obtains: wealthier …

particularly relevant to policies for dealing with the gender pay gap and below-replacement fertility rates, both thought to be …