predicts lower future pensions to reduce fertility, while the “old-age security” to increase it. Our empirical analysis … identifies a clear and robust positive effect of less generous future pensions on post-reform fertility. These findings are … consistent with “old-age security” even for contemporary fertility. …

decisions and intergenerational transfers are governed by self-enforcing family constitutions. We then show that first and …

This paper provides a unified treatment of externalities associated with fertility and human capital accumulation as … deterministically chosen but the children’s future ability is in part stochastic, in part determined by the family background, and in … part through education. In addition to the customary externality source associated with a change in average fertility rate …

fertility model that generates an endogenous demographic transition by means of distinguishing between female and male labor. We …

The effects and optimal choice of policy instruments affecting the family (child benefits, taxes on child …-specific commodities, etc.) are examined within the context of a household economics model with fertility choice. The simultaneous … consideration of child benefits and commodity taxes in the presence of endogenous fertility yields some remarkable results. One is …

This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of … international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries …’ fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more education. We provide a rigorous test of the diffusion of fertility norms using …

incomes and fertility. Because a marginal birth under a cap lowers all incomes, a cap induces a negative population …

neglected area in historical stature studies is the relationship between stature and family size, and statures are documented … here to be positively related with family size. The relationship between material inequality and heath is the subject of …