The growth of self-employment and in particular gig work may explain part of the declining fertility rates observed in … many countries. This study examines this question drawing on longitudinal data to compare women’s fertility, proxied by … structural aspects of work types, as fertility-related social protection there does not discriminate between self-employment and …

fertility effects of peo- ple getting the virus may be minor, the impact of delayed marriages due to the first preventive …- ousness should accentuate this fertility effect. The net fertility impact of the Covid-19 outbreak would ultimately depend not …

licenses can affect undocumented migrants' fertility decisions. Using a differencein- differences strategy based on temporal …

development. The leave policies can also influence women's fertility choices, as well as household specialization and husbands …

Phelpsís (1961) Golden Rule states an unambiguous relationship between optimal capital intensity and fertility: a rise … in fertility decreases the optimal capital intensity, because a higher fertility increases the investment required to … having distinct fertility behaviors. We derive the optimal accumulation rule in that framework, and we show that, unlike what …

There have been significant changes in both the fertility rates and fertility perception since 1970s. In this paper, we … examine the relationship between government policies towards fertility and the fertility trends. Total fertility rate, defined … as the number of children per woman, is used as the main fertility trend variable. We use panel data from the United …

This paper studies to what extent banning first-generation women from aborting affected the fertility of second …