this paper, we study the effect of a monthly cash subsidy on young adults' emancipation, family formation, and fertility …

I study the impact of a universal child benefit on fertility and family well-being. I exploit the unanticipated … that the benefit did lead to a significant increase in fertility, as intended, part of it coming from an immediate … results suggest that child benefits of this kind may successfully increase fertility, as well as affecting family well …

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 …

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …

The Nordic countries have remarkably high participation rates of mothers and a moderate decrease of fertility rates … policies on women’s position in the labor market? Is the ‘Nordic model’ a model to aspire to? …

, labor supply and wealth accumulation; union formation and dissolution; and fertility. The paper also comments on the growing …

Since the onset of democracy in 1975, both total fertility and Mass attendance rates in Spain have dropped dramatically …. I use the 1985 and 1999 Spanish Fertility Surveys to study whether the significance of religion in fertility behavior … practicing and non-practicing Catholics, practicing Catholics portray significantly higher fertility during recent years. In the …

Exogenous variation in fertility from parental preferences for sex-mix among their children is used to identify the …

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 …

and dissolution, fertility, female time allocation, education, wages, and wealth. Using a theoretical framework based on …