The 1960s ushered in a new era in U.S. demographic history characterized by significantly lower fertility rates and … this transition. Almost fifty years after the contraceptive pill appeared on the U.S. market, this analysis provides new … evidence that it accelerated the post-1960 decline in marital fertility …

Early fertility is a key barrier to female human capital attainment in sub-Saharan Africa, yet contraceptive take …-up remains puzzlingly low, even among educated populations with healthcare access. We study a barrier to hormonal contraceptive … trial with female undergraduates at the flagship university in Zambia to test two interventions to increase contraceptive …

control trial (RCT) to examine how cost-sharing at Title X providers affects the choice of contraceptive method. The study … randomizes vouchers that cover any contraceptive method up to the cost of 50% or 100% of a name-brand intra-uterine device (IUD …

higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare …

administrative data to examine how reductions in access to reproductive health care during 2020 affected contraceptive efficacy among …

unintended fertility, we find that intergenerational mobility is significantly lower than that in the standard model. In a policy …

limited access to contraception is an important driver of high fertility rates in West Africa. We do not find support for this … about family size and contraception, and social pressure. Free contraception did not influence fertility even in combination …

We incorporate pollution exposure into Becker's "Quantity-Quality" (Q-Q) model of fertility and quantify how air … pollution distorts individuals' fertility behaviors in China. We document a robust pattern in which increased pollution over … time negatively affects the fertility of ethnic Han people, who comprise approximately 92% of the Chinese population. These …

Only a few rich nations are currently at replacement levels of fertility and many are considerably below. We believe … that changes in the status of women are driving fertility change. At low levels of female status, women specialize in … household production and fertility is high. In an intermediate phase, women have increasing opportunities to earn a living …

have emphasized changes in the supply of technologies to control fertility, including abortion and birth control. In this … measure the effect of changes in the supply of fertility technologies on the number of children born. I estimate an increase … of fertility control supply restrictions on birthrates today. The importance of legal abortion in reducing 19th …