among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …, how many children to have and subsequently whether to stay together or separate. We make precise the idea that cooperation … in a household can be supported by self interest. Since the costs of raising children are unequally distributed between …

channels through which job loss affects fertility we examine also the effect on earnings, employment and divorce. The results … are approximately 4 less children born. Male job loss has no significant impact on completed fertility. …This paper analyzes the effects of job displacement on fertility using Finnish longitudinal employer-employee data …

The aim of this paper is to determine the significant variables in the fertility patterns of the Roma population in … are that a greater bargaining power of parents, with respect to their adult children, and a greater involvement of adult … children in the production of the family good, are major contributory factors in increasing the number of children. …

Building on anthropological evidence, we develop a model of intra-household decision making on fertility and child …

-2000. For the better part of US history, blacks have enjoyed less access to schooling for their children than whites. This paper …

conditioning on fertility treatments, (c) both labour supply regressions and quantity-quality-tradeoff regressions for children …Twin births are often used as an instrument for fertility in models investigating the impact of family size on labour … market and child outcomes. However, a large share of twin births (24% in our sample) are the result of fertility treatments …

' children increases the probability of having to commute. We build a general equilibrium model of residence choice, fertility … grandparent-provided child care affects fertility and labor market decisions of women positively. We find that women in Germany …, residing close to parents or in-laws are more likely to have children and that as mothers they are more likely to hold a …

-low fertility levels in Italy. Starting from the assumption that childbearing decisions also depend on uncertainty about future … employment, income, and wealth, we empirically assess how fertility intentions are affected by: 1) the deprivation of a quality …

fertility using U.S. Census data over the period 1940-2000. This correlation is not spurious, nor does it reflect the tendency … results reflect the sorting of married couples across metropolitan areas on desired fertility. The relationship between the … unit price of living space and fertility in fact tends to be more negative for households that have moved recently. However …