In this paper a particular market failure that may lead to inefficiently low equilibrium fertility and therefore to a … need for government intervention are analysed. The friction which is investigated is related to the ownership of children … than the social benefit. We present an overlapping-generations (OLG) model with fertility choice and altruism, and model …

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 …

Adolescent fertility in low- and middle-income countries presents a severe impediment to development and can lead to …

the relationship between aggregate fertility and household savings. [BREAD WP No. 415]. …

female labor supply and fertility. However, particularly in the last decade or so, the relationship across countries has been … positive: for example countries like Germany, Italy and Spain with the lowest fertility rates also have the lowest female … both higher female labor supply and higher fertility. These results are strengthened when we take account of the …

of non-demographic data, models of fertility determinants and district-wise mapping to test out the presence of regional … clustering. Regional analysis reveals that economic, social and health indicators display spatial patterns as strong as fertility … rates. All recent models of fertility incorporate a significant geographical component (using dummy regional variables or …

This paper first presents evidence to show that in recent years there has been a substantial fall in fertility among … connecting these two pieces of evidence, the paper argues that fertility is falling and child schooling is rising among … to be more severe on female children and on the first-born of either sex. Perhaps this is because when family size is …