This paper studies the effects of import competition from China and Eastern Europe (EE) on the fertility decisions of … import competition to longitudinal individual data to examine individual fertility. Two separate measures of import exposure … remarkably during the panel years. Fixed-effects instrumental variable (FEIV) estimation results show that individual fertility …

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

In this paper, we conduct an empirical study of the effect of uncertainty on fertility. The precautionary motive for … saving predicts that an increase in uncertainty increases saving by reducing both consumption and fertility. We use a new …. The empirical findings indicate that uncertainty shocks decrease the fertility rate. This evidence is robust to different …

the increase in the fertility rate (quantity) and the decrease in the educational outcome of children (quality), is highly …

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

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 …