We provide evidence that lower fertility can simultaneously increase income per capita and lower carbon emissions …, eliminating a trade-off central to most policies aimed at slowing global climate change. We estimate the effect of lower fertility … on carbon emissions accounting for the fact that changes in fertility patterns affect carbon emissions through three …

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 …

Son preference in countries like India results in higher female infant mortality rates and differentially lower access … as other types of work) in addition to hours. Third, we use mother's fertility intentions as an alternative measure of …

middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to … linear (Brazil and South Africa) to being U- or J-shaped (India, Jordan, and Indonesia), or a mixture of both (Bolivia … participation remain largely country-specific. Nonetheless, rising education levels and declining fertility consistently increased …

,000 children of 7,300 Indian mothers, for whom a complete retrospective record of fertility and child mortality is available … mortality of successive children in a family. We also predict the impact of mortality on total fertility. Model simulations …

The poor state of child health in India has generated a number of puzzles that have received attention in the …-life survival advantage in India accruing to later birth orders, which they interpret as the result of a pattern of improving … set of demographic surveys, a disadvantage in child height for later birth orders in India relative to Africa's birth …

. Utilizing quasi-experimental variation in legal fertility limits on village council members in India, we find that at least 2 ….21% of married couples of childbearing age altered their fertility to remain eligible for council membership. This implies …

. Over the long run, reductions in child mortality rates are associated with lower demand for children and fertility rates … remain untested. In this study, we examine the demographic effects of India’s national childhood vaccination program (the … Universal Immunization Programme or UIP). We combine data on the district-wise rollout of UIP during 1985–1990 with fertility …

fertility rates among young women aged 15-34 years. We exploit the fact that countrywide tariff reductions varied across … reduced fertility rate mostly in rural areas …

the one-child policy and in cohort-specific fertility influenced by the implementation of population control policies are …