. Our results indicate that the contraceptive ban led to a significant increase in family size. They also provide evidence …

Fertility has a strong biological component generally ignored by economists. Using the UK Biobank, we analyze the … extent to which genes, proxied by polygenic scores, and the environment, proxied by early exposure to the contraceptive pill …

economic factors drive contraceptive adoption and change. We investigate the channels through which the relationship between … economic development and contraceptive dynamics are mediated. Using global data, we document the correlations between economic … fertility, both desired and realized, as a central pathway through which the relationship has been historically theorized and …

covers low fertility and industralised settings. Additional evidence from other settings would allow for a more broad …

marriage and motherhood. -- abortion ; contraception ; fertility ; marriage …

Large differences in fertility between women with high and low levels of education suggest that schooling may have a … extends beyond improved labour market outcomes and includes greater autonomy over their fertility. …

We examine the effects of free-of-charge availability of emergency contraception on contraceptive behaviour in Chile …, pre-coital contraception, and a decrease of more traditional contraceptive methods. This effect is concentrated among … with low starting levels of contraceptive use, and a significant potential for policies to increase adoption of regular …

Previous research has examined the incidence and correlates of contraceptive use and of several dimensions of female … autonomy but only rarely the intersection of the two: female contraceptive use autonomy (CUA). Using a nationally … cohort being far more likely to have complete autonomy over contraceptive use than women from the older cohort. Detailed …

We examine the sharp expansion in availability of the emergency contraceptive pill in Chile following legalized access …

What is the impact of the oral contraceptive pill on the mental health of adolescent girls? Using administrative data …