initial conditions. The degree of marital sorting, wage inequality, and fertility differentials are positively correlated …

This paper examines a novel mechanism linking fertility and growth. Household fertility is determined by relative wages … of women and men. Increasing women's wages reduces fertility by raising the cost of children relatively more than … household income. Lower fertility raises the level of capital per worker which in turn, since capital is more complementary to …

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