, especially infant and child mortality, has decreased rapidly, fertility has remained high over the past decades, equaling 6 … or rapid fertility decline scenarios. Chapter two is dedicated to the future implications of these demographic trends. It … into motion a decline in fertility and presents practical recommendations. …

further in human capital and closing gender gaps, particularly to accelerate the decline in fertility rates, and integrate …

mechanical effect of schooling on fertility if women tend not to have children while continuing to attend high school or college … Health Surveys of 1989, 1993, 1998, and 2003 to uncover the impact of staying one more year in school on teenage fertility …. To get around the endogeneity issue between schooling and fertility preferences, the analysis uses the 1985 Kenyan …

addition to the replacement effects of higher fertility following a disaster that caused high mortality, a positive fertility … positive fertility response to exposure to these large-scale natural disasters in addition to the response to child mortality …. The results in this study are consistent with those of other studies that also find a positive fertility response …