siblings to capture her direct family experience. We find that both variables are significant determinants of fertility, even …This paper attempts to disentangle the direct effects of experience from those of culture in determining fertility. We … use the GSS to examine the fertility of women born in the US but from different ethnic backgrounds. We take lagged values …

affects fertility …

subsequent fertility …

We examine the impact of educational attainment on fertility and mating market outcomes. Using a regression … binding for a quarter of the population. Simple plots of the raw data show substantially lower teen fertility rates across the … threshold of the reform, but no impacts on abortions and no impact on completed fertility by age 45. In the mating market, the …

This paper reviews empirical evidence on the micro-level consequences of family planning programs in middle- and low …-income countries. In doing so, it focuses on fertility outcomes (the number and timing of births), women's health and socio … throughout the life cycle. Although effect sizes are heterogeneous, long-term studies imply that in practice, family planning …

We estimate the effects of large, positive wealth shocks on marriage and fertility in a sample of Swedish lottery …'s attractiveness as prospective and current partners. Wealth also increases male fertility. The only discernible effect on female …

estimate the effect of her birth on further fertility. We find that the birth of a gifted child increases family size. However …Does the intellectual endowment of children affect parents' fertility choices? The quantity-quality model of fertility … disabled child negatively affects family size, but only when the child is of high birth order. Our results point to child …

We use administrative data from Washington State to perform a large-scale analysis of the impact of family formation on …

birth order and ideal family size. Our results suggest that the gender gap in breastfeeding explains 14 percent of excess … female child mortality in India, or about 22,000 "missing girls" each year …Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for …