This paper studies the pre-industrial origins of modern-day fertility decline. The setting is in Anhwei Province, China …

We study workplace peer effects in fertility decisions using a game theory model of strategic interactions among … important consideration, beyond simply if they work, in predicting population fertility. …

relationship between aggregate fertility and household savings. First, we document that parents perceive children as an important … source of old-age support and that in partial equilibrium, increased fertility lowers household savings. Then, we construct … equilibrium effects can substantially overstate the effect of a change in aggregate fertility on households savings. …

It is well known that highly `female' fields of study in tertiary education are characterized by higher fertility …-in-differences research design, to show that the share of women on study peer groups affects early fertility levels only little. Early … fertility by endogamous couples, i.e., by tertiary graduates from the same field of study, declines for women and increases for …

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …

The current study finds that societies which historically engaged in plough agriculture today have lower fertility. We … fertility. …

We investigate the role of grandparental childcare for fertility decisions of their offspring. Exploiting pension … arrangements, investment in education or labor supply. Given the Italian lowest low fertility, we conclude that pension reforms may …

here empirically the link between fertility and financial incentives by estimating and simulating a joint structural model … of participation and fertility on a sample of French women. Our results suggest that fertility responds to incentives in …