This article examines the links that have recently been studied between poverty, high fertility and undernourishment …

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 …

There has been a significant decline in fertility in many parts of India since the early 1980s. This paper reexamines … the determinants of fertility levels and fertility decline, using panel data on Indian districts for 1981 and 1991. We … find that women's education is the most important factor explaining fertility differences across the country and over time …

The main purpose of this paper is to show how the labour market affects Spanish individual fertility decisions. Spain … is an interesting case due to its huge fertility decline. Our hypothesis is that precarious Spanish labour markets (i ….e. high unemployment rates and fixedterm contracts) postpone childbearing. We test if female employment (full and part …

between union instability and fertility in Brazil which has been long understudied. Using the example of Brazil it … fertility in Brazil using multiprocess event history analysis techniques as developed by Lillard (1993). This type of … countries mainly due to the lack of data. The paper will demonstrate the positive effect of union instability on fertility. …

model of the accidental bequest with endogenous fertility, we analyze the effects of a decrease in the old-age mortality …

regression techniques were used to estimate the effect of household, cluster and state characteristics on the proportion of … maternal health care expenditures over total household expenditures. Over 80 % of households reported paying for maternal … according to the level of health care utilisation, and with considerable heterogeneity at the household and community levels …

“household”, may have multiple criteria which are not fulfilled by everyone, leading interviewers to prioritise different … interviewer-respondent social dynamics play a substantial role in determining who is included in household surveys, and in shaping …

countries in terms of education, earnings, and employment. …

, through employment generation, and indirectly through an impact on agricultural wages. The paper illustrates that in Palanpur … previously disadvantaged and most vulnerable segments of village society have gained access to non-farm employment opportunities …