We examine the stability of preferences over time using panel data from Kenya on fertility intentions, realizations …, and recall of intentions. We find that desired fertility is very unstable, but that most people perceive their desires to … be stable. Under hypothetical scenarios, few expect their desired fertility to increase over time. Moreover, when asked …

We assess the impacts of a randomized school-based deworming intervention in Kenya on the mortality of recipients … of improved health, education and living standards, increased urban residence, delayed fertility, and greater use of …

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

We find substantial and statistically significant detrimental effects of fathers' multiple-partner fertility (MPF) on …

migration equilibrium framework with rural agents heterogeneous in skills and fertility preferences. We then establish and … characterize a mixed migration equilibrium where high-skilled rural agents with low fertility preferences always migrate to cities …, low-skilled with high fertility preferences always stay, and only an endogenously determined fraction of high …

This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and …