been a marked trend towards lower fertility and higher female labor force participation. However, change did not occur in a … uniform fashion: during the post-war Baby Boom, fertility rates increased substantially, until the long-term downward trend …

We examine the effects of changes of government provided old age pensions on fertility choices in the context of two … models of fertility, the one by Barro and Becker (1989), and the one inpired by Caldwell and developed by Boldrin and Jones … public pension system on fertility in the Barro and Becker model depends on whether child rearing costs are primarily in …

human capital accumulation, non-separable preferences of females and child care costs on females life-cycle fertility and …, labor force participation and fertility decisions is estimated. In that model, experience on the job raises future wages … policy simulations which shows that human capital accumulation is the most important determinant of life-cycle fertility …

A large number of pairs of countries exhibit a dynamic pattern in which: (i) Fertility in both countries declines … across time; (ii) Initially one country has higher fertility and lower per-capita income compared to the other; (iii) In time …, as per-capita income converges, fertility rates in the poorer country become lower than in the richer one. This paper …

This paper incorporates fertility and altruism into the ``value of life'' framework. Two dimensions of fertility and … fertility, life expectancy gains have a twofold effect: they directly increase utility via increased survival probabilities, and … valuations when fertility choices are endogenous and individuals are altruistic towards their offspring. Calculations using U …