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We examine whether women exposed to China's one-child policy (OCP) change their fertility decisions when they migrate … to a country without fertility restrictions. Using American Community Survey data (2010-2020), we compare the …
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We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian … results suggest that the subsequent effects on fertility account for about 18 to 24 percent of the overall decline in the … fertility rate, depending on the specification. A key channel through which electrification affects fertility is increased …
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High-income countries have generally experienced falling fertility in recent decades. In most of these countries, the … total fertility rate is now below the level that implies a stable population in the long run. This has led to concerns among … economists, policymakers, and the wider public about the economic consequences of low fertility and population decline. In this …
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There is longstanding debate in population policy about the relationship between modern contraception and abortion. Although theory predicts that they should be substitutes, the existing body of empirical evidence is difficult to interpret. What is required is a large‐scale intervention that...
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This study documents increased intergenerational support for elderly parents in China among adults who were exposed to … the "Later, Longer, Fewer" (LLF) family planning campaign in the 1970s. Using the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal … Study, we identify adults of childbearing age whose fertility was reduced. We find LLF exposure increases the likelihood of …
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structural changes on the rise in household saving in China. Variations in fines across provinces on unauthorized births under … the one-child policy and in cohort-specific fertility influenced by the implementation of population control policies are … investigated in the context of household saving decisions in China. -- household saving ; one-child policy ; demographic structure …
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We examine the effect of a Chinese family planning policy (FPP) known as "Later, Longer, and Fewer" on the gender gap in breastfeeding. We find that FPP increased the daughter-son breastfeeding gap in favor of sons in rural areas. Mean intensity of the FPP predicts the gender gap to be 35%...
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teens make. Specifically, we look at the relationship between increased broadband access and teen fertility. We hypothesize … that increasing access to high-speed internet can influence fertility decisions by changing the size of the market as well … broadband internet on teen fertility as well as the mechanisms underlying this effect. Our results suggest that increased …
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We study the short-to medium-run effects of starting a career on a fixed-term contract on subsequent fertility outcomes … well as fertility behaviour. Our main results are: Women (i) tend to postpone their first birth due to fixed …
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fertility of third and subsequent births. As of April 2017, all third and subsequent born children to low-income families in the …-order fertility among lowincome families. However, compared to earlier research in the UK and elsewhere, largely based on benefit … low income families. Our results imply that the main impact of cuts to child benefits is not to reduce fertility but to …
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