for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …

administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until … infant mortality. The effect of birth control clinics on puerperal deaths is consistently negative, yet insignificant …

measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey … and over time. Our estimates indicate that the FMP caused large declines in mortality rates across all age groups with … teenagers. Furthermore, the results are suggestive that the program has also contributed towards equalization in the mortality …

The effects of pension policies on fertility have been examined in the overlapping generations (OLG) model of unitary … examines how the pension policy affects the endogenous fertility of a bargaining couple who have different lifespans. The … analysis finds out a new channel of pension policy on fertility decisions: an increase in pension size affects fertility not …

mortality. We find some evidence of community rebuilding and replacement fertility, but the net long-term effect is fertility …This paper studies the effect of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic on fertility using a historical dataset from Sweden …. Our results suggest an immediate reduction in fertility driven by morbidity, and additional behavioral effects driven by …

This paper analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of violence on both the … through which conflict influences fertility. First, the type of violence exposure as measured by the death of a woman's child …-level sex ratio. Results indicate that the genocide had heterogeneous effects on fertility, depending on the type of violence …

Study, we identify adults of childbearing age whose fertility was reduced. We find LLF exposure increases the likelihood of …

composition of the population, and the associated fertility differential is crucial for understanding the economic and the … demographic transition. In the model, heterogeneous individuals make optimal decisions about fertility, education of their … children and type and intensity of investments in their own education. The interplay between different dimensions of mortality …

and the transition to modern growth. -- demographic transition ; gender gap ; human capital ; fertility ; mortality … the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …