Russia, the high-income countries of East Asia and the Pacific, China, and, to a lesser extent, North America is projected to … to deal with the projected shrinking of the labor forth in the North include moving the total fertility rate back to …

In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving … country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later … level of social norms (including fertility preferences) that is transmitted from the migrant to the household. Second …

Lower fertility can translate into a more male-biased sex ratio if son preference is persistent and technology for sex … an Indian scheme, Devirupak, that seeks to decrease both fertility and the sex ratio at birth. First, I construct a model …

We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using …

involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the …