This paper provides a unified theory of the economic and demographic transition. Individuals make optimal decisions … about fertility, education of their children and the type and intensity of the investments in their own education. These … formation, little longevity, high child mortality, large fertility and a sluggish income and productivity growth to a modern …

between fertility, the age structure of the population and the age at first marriage of men and women. Within a simple two … single women in equilibrium. Using an extended version of the model to a finite number of periods and fertility data, I show …

, these results have important implications for marriage rates, fertility, housing markets and financial markets …

While a large body of literature focuses on how fertility affects female labour market participation, there are … relatively few studies that examine the effect of fertility on male labour market participation. Even if the burden of child care … falls mainly on women, an exogenous increase in fertility is likely to change the optimal allocation of time, therefore, the …

the quantity-quality tradeoff to later work linking the economics of fertility to the theory of economic growth …This paper reviews Gary Becker's contributions to the economic analysis of fertility, from his 1960 paper introducing …

agree on wanting a child. Using newly available data on fertility preferences and outcomes, we show that indeed, babies are … bargaining model of fertility choice and match the model to data from a set of European countries with very low fertility rates …. The distribution of the burden of child care between mothers and fathers turns out to be a key determinant of fertility. A …

We set up an overlapping generations model with endogenous fertility to study pensions policies in an ageing economy … have negative effects on the fertility rate, thus exacerbating population ageing …

We study an OLG model with child policies and a PAYG pension with endogenous retirement and fertility. The result of … of labor in old age. Fertility should be taxed or incentivized depending on whether there is full or partial retirement …