fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline …

In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First-generation models of … fertility choice were designed to account for two empirical regularities that, in the past, held both across countries and … across families in a given country: a negative relationship between income and fertility, and another negative relationship …

fertility of third and subsequent births. As of April 2017, all third and subsequent born children to low-income families in the … approximately 3000 GBP a year per child. We use administrative births microdata and household survey data to estimate the impact of …-order fertility among lowincome families. However, compared to earlier research in the UK and elsewhere, largely based on benefit …

This chapter explores trends, causes and consequences of nonmarital and teen fertility in the United States and in … planning technologies, that likely contribute to the large changes in patterns of marriage and fertility observed in developed … nonmarital and teen fertility on adults' and children's outcomes remain, though recent evidence suggests more modest impacts than …

fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …

How does a shock to sex ratios affect marriage markets and fertility? I use the drastic change in sex ratios caused by …, the results indicate that male scarcity led to lower rates of marriage and fertility, higher nonmarital births and reduced …

headship and raised fertility. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for … lower fertility. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference among natives in their fertility decisions …, we do find a positive fertility effect, suggesting son preference in fertility among this group. This interpretation is …