We examine the effects of free-of-charge availability of emergency contraception on contraceptive behaviour in Chile …, pre-coital contraception, and a decrease of more traditional contraceptive methods. This effect is concentrated among … with low starting levels of contraceptive use, and a significant potential for policies to increase adoption of regular …

Previous research has examined the incidence and correlates of contraceptive use and of several dimensions of female … autonomy but only rarely the intersection of the two: female contraceptive use autonomy (CUA). Using a nationally … cohort being far more likely to have complete autonomy over contraceptive use than women from the older cohort …

What is the impact of the oral contraceptive pill on the mental health of adolescent girls? Using administrative data …

The current study finds that societies which historically engaged in plough agriculture today have lower fertility. We … fertility …

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source …

We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using …

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 … mortality. We find some evidence of community rebuilding and replacement fertility, but the net long-term effect is fertility …

This paper analyzes the effect of delayed motherhood on fertility dynamics for women living in several European …

This paper examines the effect of a nationwide healthcare reform implemented in Turkey on women's fertility decisions … clinics, called Family Health Centers, on a walk-in basis. Although reducing fertility was not specified among the goals of …'s position is to encourage fertility behavior and discourage birth control practices among women at prime childbearing ages …

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline …