shown that a substantial number of couples used birth control for 'spacing' as well as 'stopping' fertility. Moreover … 'spacing' of births appears to have been more widespread in districts in which female employment opportunities were relatively … good. In general the results obtained do not fit with the 'Princeton' view of the European fertility transition, with its …

labour supply and household saving. …

We empirically study the determinants of intra-household decision power with respect to economic and financial choices … using a suitable direct measure provided in the 1989-2010 Bank of Italy Survey of Household Income and Wealth. Focusing on a … sample of couples, we evaluate the effect of each spouse's characteristics, household characteristics, and background …

estimate a five-equation model, which includes birth events, union formation, union dissolution, employment and non-employment … the British Household Panel Survey, including the retrospective histories concerning work, union, and child bearing, to …. We find that transitions in and out of employment for men are relatively independent of other transitions. In contrast …

a gender wage gap, associated with lower female labour force participation rates and higher fertility. This paper … presents a growth model where saving, fertility and labour market participation are endogenously determined, and there is wage … through an increase in fertility. We find that for several countries a large fraction of the actual difference in output per …

fertility, and lower investment in physical and human capital. Furthermore, the feedback effect from economic prosperity to …