Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for … with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their desired total fertility are more likely to make use of the …

evidence that between 2001 and 2009 the cross-sectional relationship between fertility and women's education in the U.S. is U … model to shed light on differences between the U.S. and Western Europe in fertility and women's time allocated to labor …Conventional wisdom suggests that in developed countries income and fertility are negatively correlated. We present new …

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source …

unearned wages (as women drop out of the labor market), loss of human capital, and selection into more child …-friendly occupations. We estimate a dynamic life-cycle model of fertility, occupational choice, and labor supply using detailed survey and …-female wage gap as it evolves from labor market entry onward and the effect of pro-fertility policies. We show that a substantial …

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 …

Easterlin's relative income hypothesis projects for smaller cohorts increasing wages, increasing fertility and …

pill and women’s control over their own fertility; sharp changes in wage structure, including a rise in inequality and … increasingly important, emerging as a widely used step on the path to marriage. Out-of-wedlock fertility has also risen, consistent …

the Globo signal have significantly lower fertility. The effect is strongest for women of lower socioeconomic status and … for women in the central and late phases of their fertility cycle, consistent with stopping behavior. The result is robust … fertility choices in Brazil, a country where soap operas (novelas) portray families that are much smaller than in reality. We …