For nearly three decades, the total fertility rate in England and Wales has remained high relative to other European … countries, and stable at about 1.7 births per woman. In this chapter, we examine trends in both period and cohort fertility … and quantum of fertility. Breaking with a market-oriented and laissez-faire approach to work and family issues, the last …

With rapidly declining fertility and increased longevity the age structure of the labor force in developing countries …

mother reachers her late twenties, she appears to have only slightly more children, is only slightly more likely to be single …

, spouses' wages, hours of work, and time spent with children to estimate the sensitivity of consumption and time allocation to … shocks. We find that behavioral responses to wage shocks depend on the presence of young children. We also find that labor …

the role of children and show that many potential explanations for the remaining gender disparities in labor market … outcomes are related to the fact that children impose significantly larger penalties on the career trajectories of women … the differential impacts of children on women and men. We propose a simple model of household decision-making to motivate …