Very few studies have explored the optimality properties of the "standard model" of fertility where parents must …

winning. A clan’s fertility is determined ex ante by each group. In the quest for greater bargaining power, each clan … between Easter and Tikopia Islands. The paper also makes a methodological contribution in that it is the first fertility model … to include strategic complementarities between groups’ fertility decisions …

the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon … months have lower anthropometric scores compared with children born during the fall and winter months. The authors propose … variations in affecting environmental conditions at the time of birth and determining the health outcomes of young children in …

Children and Pensions, Alessandro Cigno and Martin Werding examine the way pension policy and child-related benefits affect … fertility behavior and productivity growth. They present theoretical arguments to the effect that public pension coverage as … such will reduce aggregate fertility and may raise aggregate household savings. They argue further that public pensions, as …