earners. This paper shows, in the context of a model of the household with young children present, that this assumption is not … the number and ages of children requires us to look for other explanations, and we argue that these can be found in the …

earners. This paper shows, in the context of a model of the household with young children present, that this assumption is not … the number and ages of children requires us to look for other explanations, and we argue that these can be found in the …

whether and when to have children. Decisions regarding fertility are influenced by policy and labor market factors that affect … the earnings opportunities of mothers and the costs of raising children. We show how observed dierences in these economic …

, we estimate specialized versions of the model for families with two children and use the results to derive the intra-family … raising children adopted in much of the economics literature. This tends to be restricted purely to models in which the … household members consume market goods with given household income. The ?costs of children? are perceived essentially as market …

, we estimate specialized versions of the model for families with two children and use the results to derive the intra-family … raising children adopted in much of the economics literature. This tends to be restricted purely to models in which the … household members consume market goods with given household income. The "costs of children" are perceived essentially as market …

children. They were more likely to remain in the labour force and had higher rates at which they entered it. While more likely …